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Microsoft Talks Back To Google's Security Claims
Kilrah_il writes "Yesterday there was a piece about Google ditching Windows for internal use because of security concerns. Now Microsoft is fighting back, claiming its products are the most secure — more than Google's and Apple's. 'When it comes to security, even hackers admit we're doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else. And it's not just the hackers; third-party influentials and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others.'"
Microsoft's products are completely secure!! Completely! You don't even need to bother with any more security "research". In fact, I've even seen Bruce Schneier running Windows on his laptop, so it's completely safe!!
Secure products?
Crap.... woke up in the wrong universe again.. I hate when that happens.
Hi, I'm a hacker and Windows 7 was my idea.
The real Sig captains the Northwestern. This one captains
Damn you, now i sprayed my tea all over my keyboard with the image of Steve doing a ventriloquist act with a puppet of clippy :) (since bill doesn't work there any more)
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They've added a lot of security. For example, when I debug an application on Windows 7, I have to click four dialog boxes instead of just one. If that isn't real security, I don't know what is.
Well, four is greater than one. A car has four wheels and a unicycle only has one. A car is more secure than a unicycle. In fact, in a collision between a car and a unicycle the passenger(s) in the car will always be safer - even if the car isn't moving. Based on the preceding car analogy I can confidently declare Windows 7 is more secure than a unicycle.
Nice zero content marketingspeak there:
"...third-party influentials and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others."
Focus and investment. Notice "results" aren't on that list.
SECURITY ANALYST: WTF? You invest billions and billions of dollars trying to fix your software, and this is the best you can do? Christ on a kebab, man! Do your developers even know how to tie their own shoelaces? What do they do, sit their slack-jawed at their desks all day, watching the grass die on their Farmville plots and pissing their pants because they can't even remember where the toilet is?
MS MARKETING PERSON: sotto voce Hmmm, billions spent... developers unable to leave desks... Ah!
[WRITING] "industry leaders tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others."
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
I have owned several Microsoft mice and not has ever been compromised!
"Here's a hint. Say you are going to write a mean nasty program whos sole purpose is to make you money, and tons of it. "
Alright, who leaked Bill Gate's business plan?
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
I love the weasel words that come out in these kinds of discussions. "Most" - what is "most"? One competitor? (Maybe, Apple?).
This reminds me of that Ford commercial I saw a month or two ago, where some dude is talking about how Ford won some kind of "most improved" award. That's like a retarded child who goes from flunking everything to getting straight C- grades ... relatively speaking, that's a far greater improvement that the straight A student who starts getting a few A+ grades.
Nobody cares that Microsoft's "focus and investment continues to surpass others". When Microsoft's boat has thousands of holes in it and is sinking faster than the Titanic, is it anything to boast about that you have a great investment in a massive number of people highly focused on sticking their fingers in the holes? Compare that to Apple's boat, where they only have a modest investment because there are only a few holes.
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Running a server on windows is like taking your head and slamming in a doorway 100 times, its painful.
Not only painful, but the risk of brain damage is higher too!
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
So what you're saying is that for the last two years Pwn2Own has been some sort of security Special Olympics? That's actually very interesting.
Did they ever have a BSD?
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