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Microsoft: Closed source is more secure
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2001-04-12

Redmond's security response chief warns the RSA Conference of the perils of open source.

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Closed source burdened by "boring, expensive" QA 2001-04-16
counter_counterinsurgency (at) nospam.hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]
When a product is already behind schedule and shipping late, I can just imagine how much pressure there is for security and QA to "accelerate" the review process. Somewhere, the bugs and vulnerabilities are probably ranked and prioritized (sorted by their cost-to-fix vs. the cost-to-M$-if-we-let-it...

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