, 2005-06-06
Someone once asked Pable Picasso which one of his many paintings was his favorite. His reply: [i]the next one[/i]. Ask Steve Ballmer which version of Windows is the most secure and guess what his answer will be?
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So, in effect, you're saying that Microsoft's incompetent coding is a *good thing*?
"My mother-in-law talks about firewalls. My neighbor can now use the word phishing in a sentence. And the other day I overheard my son explaining to his younger brother the evils of spyware."
Your mother shouldn't have to know about firewalls, your neighbor shouldn't have to know about phishing, and your sons shouldn't have to know about spyware. Why? None of it would exist if all applications were written securely.
(Some might argue how secure applications would affect phishing. However, without massive bot networks and easily compromised hosts, phishing would likely be much less of a problem, and much more difficult to perpetrate.)
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