Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the you-can-do-it dept.
Rantastic writes "In a recent interview with Wired Magazine, Microsoft Security Program Manager Stephen Toulouse, when asked about their now 2 year old focus on security, comments "it's more of a 10-year timeline." He also reveals that he runs Firefox."
I've always felt that MS isn't inherently an evil company, it's just that any company that size is going to screw up. The fact of the matter is that no one else can pull off what MS has done - it takes a huge amount of resources to make some of their products and innovate like they do. Yes, Linux, Firefox, and a host of other free software has pretty much identical functionality, but that functionality wouldn't have ever been thought of without MS. This interview indicates to me that MS is not trying to hide anything, but is instead genuinley trying to improve their products. They know that apps that size are going to have products, and they apologize - it's too bad when they are accused of being a horrible company because of bugs. Applications these days are just too complicated to be completely secure. In recent months MS has actually been very forthcoming with what their plans for the future are. As much as you might like open source, MS's influence has been integral to the developement of those technologies. I'm not exactly sure what my point is, but articles like this really make me like MS more - maybe even feel sorry for them as they fight a losing battle against people who want to cause damage to their customers and to the company itself.
Slate, not Salon. Salon is more of a liberal-conspiricy whinefest with annoying ads. Slate is a little more diverse and owned by MSN.
-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Why am I not surprised?
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Anonymous Coward
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> "In a recent interview with Wired Magazine, Microsoft Security Program Manager Stephen Toulouse, when asked about their now 2 year old focus on security, comments "it's more of a 10-year timeline."
Why am I not surprised. I doubt they'll get it right in 2011 either. Here's a hint... don't use Microsoft Windows. They just admitted that it isn't secure and won't be for years.
> He also reveals that he runs Firefox.
So, Microsoft employees don't even run Microsoft software. This should be a huge hint to people who are dumb enough to run Windows.
Here here! Slashdot should aim for the kind of spin-free information contained in MS presskits and industry rags.
Sarcasm aside, what exactly is unfair about holding a company accountable for the quality of the products they ship?
And why is everyone dumber than you are.. do you seriously think you're the only person on/. capable of reading articles or interpreting headlines?
-- "Old man yells at systemd"
Just another example...
by
rd_syringe
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...of the now obsessive Microsoft article rate on Slashdot. What is this, four Longhorn articles a day now? Even the Microsoft mouse article had a pointless bash of Microsoft Bob for no reason!
SURELY there is something interesting going on with GNOME, or something on the kernel mailing list? Where is the OSS news?
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ConceptJunkie
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The irony, of course, is that MS admits they can't combine usability with security.
Of course, the site was probably created with that bloated monster FrontPage and running on that famous security sieve IIS.
-- You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
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I was kidding, dipshit. =)
Right is wrong when left is right.
I've always felt that MS isn't inherently an evil company, it's just that any company that size is going to screw up. The fact of the matter is that no one else can pull off what MS has done - it takes a huge amount of resources to make some of their products and innovate like they do. Yes, Linux, Firefox, and a host of other free software has pretty much identical functionality, but that functionality wouldn't have ever been thought of without MS. This interview indicates to me that MS is not trying to hide anything, but is instead genuinley trying to improve their products. They know that apps that size are going to have products, and they apologize - it's too bad when they are accused of being a horrible company because of bugs. Applications these days are just too complicated to be completely secure. In recent months MS has actually been very forthcoming with what their plans for the future are. As much as you might like open source, MS's influence has been integral to the developement of those technologies. I'm not exactly sure what my point is, but articles like this really make me like MS more - maybe even feel sorry for them as they fight a losing battle against people who want to cause damage to their customers and to the company itself.
Slate, not Salon. Salon is more of a liberal-conspiricy whinefest with annoying ads. Slate is a little more diverse and owned by MSN.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
> "In a recent interview with Wired Magazine, Microsoft Security Program Manager Stephen Toulouse, when asked about their now 2 year old focus on security, comments "it's more of a 10-year timeline."
Why am I not surprised. I doubt they'll get it right in 2011 either. Here's a hint... don't use Microsoft Windows. They just admitted that it isn't secure and won't be for years.
> He also reveals that he runs Firefox.
So, Microsoft employees don't even run Microsoft software. This should be a huge hint to people who are dumb enough to run Windows.
Here here! Slashdot should aim for the kind of spin-free information contained in MS presskits and industry rags.
.. do you seriously think you're the only person on /. capable of reading articles or interpreting headlines?
Sarcasm aside, what exactly is unfair about holding a company accountable for the quality of the products they ship?
And why is everyone dumber than you are
"Old man yells at systemd"
...of the now obsessive Microsoft article rate on Slashdot. What is this, four Longhorn articles a day now? Even the Microsoft mouse article had a pointless bash of Microsoft Bob for no reason!
SURELY there is something interesting going on with GNOME, or something on the kernel mailing list? Where is the OSS news?
The irony, of course, is that MS admits they can't combine usability with security.
Of course, the site was probably created with that bloated monster FrontPage and running on that famous security sieve IIS.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.