The Lessons of Software Monoculture

digitalsurgeon writes "SD Times has a story by Jeff Duntemann where he explains the 'Software monoculture' and why Microsoft's products are known for security problems. Like many Microsoft enthusiasts he claims that it's the popularity and market share of Microsoft's products that are responsible, and he notes that the problem is largely with C/C++ and mostly because of the buffer overflow problems."

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[mjfgates]

Y'know, a hammer with a warped handle *will* bite your thumb every damn' time. Likewise a screwdriver with a trashed head will slip, chew up the screws, etc.

C++ tries, really tries hard, to cause buffer overflows.