Indeed. Tim Mullen is considered a Microsoft apologist, and that he speaks out like this in public should be seen as a red flag for Microsoft.

And no, Gates' speech did not help -- he ended up looking like he either didn't understand or didn't care about the problems.

"So, A, B and C are broken? No problem, we released a patch for A and B a long time ago, and we are much quicker at releasing patches than [The Others Who I Can Not Name For Fear That Someone Might Point Out That I'm A Boisterous Liar]." Sure, Bill, but that doesn't help with C, nor what will happen when D and E are discovered and exploited.



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