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Re: enough OS flames
From: Crispin Cowan <crispin () immunix com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 03:54:59 +0000
Louis Solomon [SteelBytes] wrote: guys guys guys (and gals) can we please stop the OS flame wars ? the argument is almost pointless because mostly as developers, we are told what OS to develop for. eg, I have to develop on/for windows, because that is where the target audience for my software is. Except it is not at all an OS flame, it is lessons in architecture. * The problem is Microsoft's legacy approach to architecture of running with excessive privilege and trusting user input, not their OS (which sucks for *different* reasons :) * The problem exists even where Microsoft applications run on other operation systems, e.g. Macintosh. * Microsoft has learned their lesson and is not architecting *new* systems this way any more, but they have a lot of legacy to live down. * *Developers* on this list need to learn these critical lessons if we are to avoid the mistakes of the past. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ CTO, Immunix http://immunix.com Immunix 7.3 http://www.immunix.com/shop/
Current thread:
- enough OS flames Louis Solomon [SteelBytes] (Feb 05)
- Re: enough OS flames Crispin Cowan (Feb 05)