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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.
hehe, you answer your own question. hate of usloth is not blind in a vacuum; usloth encourages both blindness and so-called "trust". when that trust is ultimately betrayed (as it always is), it is no surprise the result is blind hate. duh.
better to have informed hate, because at least there is a root cause that can be examined and the hate eventually channelled into productive action (like fixing the root cause), presuming the hate is not so off-putting to the recipient. w/ free software, there is much passionate (anti-)advocacy but at the end of the day, code is there to use, improve, and pass around. informed hate as found in the free software community is not so bad, and can even be ludicrously entertaining even when unproductive.
anyway, as for the other two combinations, blind love and informed love, the former leads to betrayal (see above) and the latter has its own dangers but is still much preferable to the grinding drag that is having to deal w/ any kind of hate. but in all cases, those who deal keep it real.