It is kinda sad when a multi-billion dollar company needs unofficial companies/people to make up for their inadaquecies...
Oops, almost forgot about anti spyware, anti virus, system rescue, etc products...
I know its "news for nerds, stuff that matters" and while this article clearly fits the first claim, it really fails the second..
I find that news often shows up more than a day earlier on other sites such as technocrat.net. And then theres the posts of either flamebait news or completely useless crap. I suppose if I wasted hours doing some mediocre yet geeky thing I could get it on the front page too?
Also, keep in mind editors, that a LOT of slashdot readers these days are not diehard OSS fans nor Microsoft haters. They just post a few hundred angry messages when you put such articles up...
Of course if its been decided that your readers can go **** themselves, then please ignore all my previous comments..
While I admit, designing a system from the ground up to be secure is important, it's really quite hard to expect most software companies to do that.
However, I don't feel that the patching game is all that worthless. If a product was totally static, then yes, it would eventually have most of its flaws patched, or so one would expect. However, products are changed, overhauled, and often completely rewritten. This always seems to introduce a lot of new security flaws.
If Microsoft simply stopped adding so many 'useful' new features to their software, and concentrated on locking down their software, it would probably be much more secure. However, they are driven to 'innovate', and we end up with features like system restore, which can actually make it so you can't delete some worms...
Also, a 'complicated' program does not have to be a 'bloated' program. I remember the good old days when Opera would add functionality and *reduce* the binary size & memory usage.
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It is kinda sad when a multi-billion dollar company needs unofficial companies/people to make up for their inadaquecies... Oops, almost forgot about anti spyware, anti virus, system rescue, etc products...
Been reading slashdot for like 6 years thats all..
I know its "news for nerds, stuff that matters" and while this article clearly fits the first claim, it really fails the second..
I find that news often shows up more than a day earlier on other sites such as technocrat.net.
And then theres the posts of either flamebait news or completely useless crap.
I suppose if I wasted hours doing some mediocre yet geeky thing I could get it on the front page too?
Also, keep in mind editors, that a LOT of slashdot readers these days are not diehard OSS fans nor Microsoft haters. They just post a few hundred angry messages when you put such articles up...
Of course if its been decided that your readers can go **** themselves, then please ignore all my previous comments..
While I admit, designing a system from the ground up to be secure is important, it's really quite hard to expect most software companies to do that. However, I don't feel that the patching game is all that worthless. If a product was totally static, then yes, it would eventually have most of its flaws patched, or so one would expect. However, products are changed, overhauled, and often completely rewritten. This always seems to introduce a lot of new security flaws. If Microsoft simply stopped adding so many 'useful' new features to their software, and concentrated on locking down their software, it would probably be much more secure. However, they are driven to 'innovate', and we end up with features like system restore, which can actually make it so you can't delete some worms... Also, a 'complicated' program does not have to be a 'bloated' program. I remember the good old days when Opera would add functionality and *reduce* the binary size & memory usage.