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Whit Diffie Comments On .NET security

Posted by timothy on from the lack-thereof dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Whit Diffie and Susan Landu (both of Sun Microsystems) comment on why .NET is a bad idea and is in many ways in conflict with the US political struture and ideals." This is a good read, but of course Sun has their own plans and motivations in this field.

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  1. Propietarity by Khopesh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why one propietary language should be used over another ... kind of misses the point. I say they're both bad due to being closed and propietary.

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  2. What if? by programic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sometimes I wonder what we'd all think of Sun if they were in the dominant position that Microsoft is currently in.

    Even more interesting, I wonder how they would treat their competitors (and competitors ideas). It would be a different Sun, that's for sure.

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  3. Read down to the bottom of the article by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Diffie is also the co-inventor of public-key cryptography.


    He's not "just a Sun employee" with a chip on his shoulder, he is a giant in his field. Give the guy the respect he deserves.

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