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Microsoft, Monocultures, Security FUD & Other Fun
techiemac writes "Dan Geer, who has been mentioned on Slashdot before due to his warnings about Microsoft's "monoculture" has just been written up by AP for his warnings about the widespread use of Microsoft products and the serious security flaws that are being discovered. This story is quickly becomming big news (Yahoo is currently carrying it on their front page). For those who don't know, Dan Greer was fired from @Stake Inc for his criticism of Microsoft (they are a big client of @Stake Inc). " Somewhat related, there has been interesting reaction pieces on ORA and OSDN to a recent, some say ill-informed article run on DevX.
Now part of MS Windows source code is open on Internet so is "MS Open Source Is Fertile Ground for Foul Play"
... the old adage "No one ever got fired for choosing Microsoft" is true after all. Look what happens when you actually try speaking ill of the beast...
Veni, Vidi, Velcro!
Once I thought I had mono. They took a culture and it turns out I just had Windows.
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
"Once you start down the road with that analogy, you get stuck in it," said Scott Charney, chief security strategist for Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft.
One you start down the road with it, you get stuck in it. Sounds like a perfect description of the lock-in aspects of their products, though I think "Roach Motels for your data" is catchier.
Clippy!
karma capped
Now only a spell checker...
Sorry i could not resist...
Antivirus could be considered an information related technology?. All a market that could been starving and barely advanced without the gentle Microsoft colaboration.
So, what you're saying is that Debian Potato is a bad idea?
Hal Spacejock: Science Fiction with Nuts
dont u think , despite the security flaws ,msoft in a way helping the big inet with their products (in a small / big way).Can anything in this be 100% Good--without error /mistake? i think mistakes and flaws happen every where-from cars,govts etc
Why does yahoo do this
Clippy: "It looks like you are trying to write..."
Yeah, without Microsoft products, Al Gore couldn't have invented the internet.
(At the risk of being modded -1, Overly-Literal)
10:37pm, yesterday.
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
Since when was big news defined by Yahoo bringing it on their front page?
It's Outlook. (Only about 30% joking)
Oh, wait...
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
They keep all the focus on hacking their POS operating system and help my mac and linux servers avoid the amount of attacks that would happen if they didn't exist.
MS is a competitive advantaget to those that compete with vendors providing MS based services. BTW my company does have MS servers, Linux servers and we are testing some new OS X server implementations to see if we can eliminate some of our admin tasks with their slick UI & tools.
Please let me know the general geographical area where you work, so that I can plan future vacations accordingly by not venturing anywhere within a thousand kilometers.
Thank you.
If monoculture is such a bad thing, why are people so supportive of "write once run anywhere" Java?
Now, that didn't happen in this case, as the story was already on the front page before Slashdot linked it. But it could happen, no?
/. is exempt from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
No. By contract with the OSDN,