[LINK] U.S. not ready for cyber attack

fcassia fcassia at gmail.com
Sat Dec 20 23:18:29 AEDT 2008


On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com> wrote:
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> Or, "Get rid of Microsoft" and there's no organised facility

You mean the Evil Empire of Redmondia?
the one that took seven years to fix a security bug?

http://www.secpoint.com/microsoft-took-7-years-to-fix-security-exploit.html

the one that released an OS which hangs automagically after 49 days of
continued use?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216641

> maintain the complex software which underpins half the planet. It'd
> fall apart in about a month.

I think Rachel's point wasn't to eliminate Microsoft and leave the
rest of the Windows-running users unprotected. Actually, the way I
read Rachel 's point it was about users MOVING AWAY from Windows and
running open source software, instead.

I think this recent article comes handy:

Is Microsoft's Windows Security a Myth?
http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/06/is-microsoft-windows-security-a-myth/

FC



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