Ballmer Touts Focus on Security

kevinvee writes "Microsoft's Steve Ballmer announced a renewed focus on security at the Worldwide Partner Conference yesterday. He recognizes the fatal user flaw of not applying patches and introduced an educational plan to help correct this. Also included in his statement was a response about computer researchers who publish flaws in Microsoft products, 'I wish those people just would be quiet.' The end of the article gives unbiased coverage of some people's opinions about the latest announcement."

Comments

I'm sure he does wish they would be quiet

[wolfgang_spangler]

Then they wouldn't have to spend so much time fighting security holes!

'I wish those people just would be quiet.'

[AKAImBatman]

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!!!

As seen on MSNBC...

[Anonymous Coward]

*The Microsoft Sound* Patch it! (Since we can't code it right the first time...)

Me Too...

[Fapestniegd]

'I wish those people just would be quiet.'

I wish they would too. There is nothing worse than finding an exploit that gives me total access to any network I want, and then when some other chucklehead finds it, blabs all over the net, and then Network Administrators start locking down the ports I use to run willy-nilly through their network. I would have about another month to own their network before the patch comes out. But noooo, some jerkhead has to cut me off a month early. And I have to find an unknown exploit all over again.

Maybe I should post anonymously, nah to hell with it.

In other news ...

[Kombat]

Inside sources at Microsoft have revealed that as part of their effort to focus more on security, the next release of Windows, "Longhorn," will feature a handy "My Viruses" folder, to accompany the popular and mature "My Documents," "My Pictures," and "My Music" folders. Also, the OfficeXP assistant, Clippy, has been enhanced. Users of the next-generation leading desktop OS can look forward to Clippy popping his helpful head up from the corner and exclaiming,

"It looks like you're writing a virus. Would you like to:

• Initiate a DDoS attack?
  
• Publish a Trojan horse?
  
• Install a backdoor?"
  

My number one question...

[d3vpsaux]

..is, did Steve Ballmer jump around like a fricking idiot this time screaming "Developers, developers!" while announcing it?

If not... I don't buy his sincerity...

'I wish those people just would be quiet.'

[GeneralEmergency]

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Steve Ballmer?

[worm eater]

This man has no ideas. He doesn't even have hair!

Let's not listen.

Re:we'll focus on security .. this time we mean it

[00420]

We can't afford to switch from Windows

I know. If only Linux weren't so damn expensive.

be vewy vewy quiet

[sl0ppy]

while microsoft focuses on security, they want all bug reports to silently go away.

somehow, i see steve ballmer walking around like elmer fudd, saying "shhhhh, be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting bugs" -- with as much success as elmer has.

if they've been unable to find the bugs so far, and attempt to take the pressure off from those publicising the bugs, they run the risk of further, undetected, breakins. this is dangerous, and stupid.

but what else would you expect from a cartoon company?

Microsoft's New Security Initiative

[ENOENT]

Every time someone discovers a security hole, Steve Ballmer will be dispatched to bellow, "SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY!!!" and get drops of perspiration all over any reporters who show up to cover the story.

Same song, different year

[GSloop]

MS did this last year.

Was there a dramatic decline in Remote root exploits? Sure didn't look like it to me.

Explain to me again, why we should believe in it this time?

MS is a day late and a dollar short. Security hasn't been a marketable feature, according to MS. Thus, they haven't done much with it.

Now it's too late. MS is known as a broken dick dog on security. They are not going to lose that reputation for years.

Good luck Steve. Your company sucks.

Cheers,
Greg

OK, THIS time we're REALLY serious!

[switcha]

Rinse. Blather. Repeat.