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Microsoft to Clean Up Code
the_pooh_experience writes "Microsoft has decided to beef up their security group by adding a code cleaning group according to Infoworld. As the director of MS security engineering says: 'Microsoft is a long way from its ultimate goal where users can take security for granted in its products...the majority of viruses written attack Microsoft products.'" The new group is called Security Engineering Strategy and while it may seem long overdue to many, it's still a step in the right direction for the folks in Redmond.
Microsoft is a long way from its ultimate goal where users can take security for granted in its products
For that matter, Linux is far away from this goal as well. It just doesn't give people as much chauvinistic pleasure to trumpet it. From the glee and sarcasm in the early replies, you'd think Linux is unexploitable.
And many people have pointed out that while the majority of exploits have been directed at Windows machines, there are a lot more Windows users than anything else.
Basically, this news story ammounts to 'M$ are doing what they are paid to do and making their software secure'?
Why is this considered newsworthy?
On second thoughts...
An infinite number of monkeys will eventually come up with the complete works of
I had no idea that Microsoft was prepared to completely rewrite their entire operating system from scratch. But since it says that they have instituted a group to clean up their code, that must be the case.