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Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-at-least-proving-it-is-easy dept.

Cinematique writes "Reuters reports that a California-based lawsuit alleges the Redmond software giant produces software with little concern for security and that their products are highly susceptible to, "massive, cascading failures." Should Microsoft's software be treated any differently than, say, automobiles?"

4 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Oh man... by identity0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long before SCO joins in and sues Microsoft? "Your honor, this code is so crappy, it *clearly* had to come from us!"

  2. Re: Consider this.... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


    > Back in the 1980s, a Japanese worker was killed by a robot on an assembly line due to a software failure. And robot control systems are very throughly tested before a new model of robot is released. Microsoft is trying to muscle their way into the embedded marketplace; do you want software that has plenty of known defects/security issues running your robot?

    At least with a MS-controlled robot you can hope it BSODs before it crushes you in a beserk rampage.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  3. Microsoft and life-critical systems by dstone · · Score: 4, Funny

    This man speaks the truth: "if I were on life-support, I'd rather have it run by a Gameboy than a Windows box"
    -- Cliff Wells, 2002.03.13, in comp.lang.python (original UseNet article)

  4. Re:Following their lead by Talez · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know of a current exploit in explorer (mshta) that can be used to download and execute any application on your computer simply by loading a website. I know it works because a friend of mine used it on me to show off (and I'm up to date with current patches for winxp).

    Link please. Lets leave the anecdotal evidence arguments back in the 20th century where they belong.