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The Lessons of Software Monoculture

Posted by michael on from the penicillin dept.

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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  1. Re:C# by cablepokerface · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, C# was made so Microsoft could make money off Java. By changing the name, and some keywords, they can market the next OO language to a bunch of people who never learned C++.

    Haha, with such incredible lack of knowledge I am not surprised you checked the AC box. :)