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Former MS Security Strategist Joins Mozilla
Handset writes "Former Microsoft security strategist Window Snyder is joining Mozilla to lead the company's effort to protect its range of desktop applications from malicious hacker attacks. eweek.com reports that Snyder, who was responsible for security sign-off for Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003, will spearhead Mozilla's security strategy and improve its communications with external hackers and bug finders."
a human trojan has been inserted into Mozilla?
glad Safari uses the khtml engine...
hooray..lets have it...chairs all around..here you go..two for you...Redmond Cherry or Vista White?
Hey, I am for security and all, but somebody needs to call the phone numbers on his resume. I heard that Microsoft doesn't have a "security" department.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Cmon Slashdot, a guy from Microsoft whose first name is "Window" and had a job implementing security at Microsoft??? These April Fools jokes get dumber every year.
Hmm...."former"...."security" strategist...
Uhuh. Sure. Whatever you say.
I think I'll grab a copy of the source code now...
*Dons tin foil hat*
Use 'slashdot stuff' in the subject line in any email you send me if you want to get past the spam filter.
This has to be a joke. Microsoft actually employed a named Window S. ??
In a related story, Heat Miser has joined the fire department.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Is he required to change his name to Mozilla Snyder now?
Sorry.
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank
First thing that popped into my head was the new Mozilla security slogan.
"We're not going to take it! NO! We ain't gonna take it! We're not going to take it, anymore!"
Task Mangler
...had to be a product of hippie parents.
I'd imagine his parents would have just completed the conception of Window and his father stumbled to his feet in a drug induced stupor and suddenly had an idea of what to name their recently created progeny as his eyes came into focus on the first thing he saw, exclaiming "Babe! I just thought of a awesome name for our kid...."
Just a thought.
...to drop Firefox. Great strategy!
Could anyone imagine growing up with the name "Window", what were the parents thinking?
We can draw two possible conclusions from this.
Ahhh, but you've overlooked the most important factor: Window Snyder is female! Therefore neither of your proposed solutions is correct. Slashdot readers, once they have discovered this will completely forget all context in the discussion. They will find pictures, fawn over teh hotness, and begin building web shrines in their basements throughout the globe.
Gentlemen, ready your hot grits. :-P
Coming soon to Mozilla: ActiveM plug-ins! Now with the exciting "FORMAT C:" functionality, and complete integration with BOTH kinds of email software - Outlook AND Outlook Express!
I have discovered a truly remarkable
WTF is this? most of the first dozen or two posts are aimed ot be (and are modded) funny. I thought this was supposed to a forum for serious discussion, not a fucking comedy club wanna-be.
if they're not already married to other people, Window and Linus need to get married. They could even name their first child Lindow.
I thought your post was going to go something like this:
Window's an old friend of mine, so let me be the first to congratulate her.
Sincerely,
Door
Now we in the open source world can start benefitting from all those ironclad security techniques that have heretofore beeen the sole purvue of Microsoft's security team!
Pretty soon our stuff will be almost as secure as Windows!
Now if only we could only get a defection from whomever it is at Microsoft that is in charge of their world reknown OS stability....
Tom Caudron
http://tom.digitalelite.com/
-Tom
For some reason I want to adapt this to the duel of wits from The Princess Bride:
But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of site that would approve of an enemy, or the sort of site that would reject a friend?
A site that hates Microsoft would complain that because Microsoft's security has been notoriously poor, then Mozilla must be making a mistake. Since Slashdot tends toward favoring Mozilla, clearly I cannot choose the whine in front of you.
A site that loves Mozilla would have to rationalize the decision, and conclude that the security expert is worth hiring. But since that speaks favorably of Microsoft's security, I can clearly not choose the whine in front of me!
But Slashdot is known for its vindictiveness. Given a choice between reasoned discourse and pure snark, the site will go for snark every time. So clearly I cannot choose the whine in front of you!
etc.
In all seriousness, I've got to agree with you here. Though there's certainly been plenty of "MS has lousy security" rhetoric from people at Mozilla over the last few years.
A Microsoft employee called Window? Why, that's like an ice cream man named Cone!
"It's a reverse vampire...they....they crave the sun!"
What could *Microsoft* teach Mozilla about security...
that is, other than what _not_ to do!!
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