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MS Exec: 'Our products just aren't engineered for security'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the see-no-evil dept.

Various Microsoft news tidbits contributed by numerous readers: Phoebus0 notes that Microsoft's Vice-President in charge of Windows development states flat out that Microsoft products aren't engineered for security, absolutely guaranteeing he'll have tomorrow's Ditherati quote. Many readers submitted this Knowledge Base article stating that Microsoft is mystified by a wave of successful hacks on assorted versions of Windows (there's also a news report on this). Microsoft has another security bulletin out on the digital certificate spoofing bug that has caused them so many problems recently.

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  1. they are putting a spin on it.. by Quasar1999 · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Microsoft products are not engineered period.

    They're thrown together, spend half their time making it look pretty, and the rest of the time (after it's sold) releasing patches that are just as buggy as the original, if not more so...

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  2. reminds me of something... by drik00 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    M$'s organizational structure reminds me of...hrmm...what was it?

    ...something about a bunch of monkeys cluster-fucking a football?

    Think about it! These guys run one of the most successful businesses in the world! Yet they act like this...but, one things for sure, they're NOT a monopoly, cuz they said so.

    ;)

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  3. Michael Is A FUD-Packer by cscx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That certificate bug he mentions was fixed the same day the buy was announced. Oh, "oops" forgot to mention that, huh?

    Go spread your propaganda elsewhere, k?