Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please

Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please
Jon Lasser, 2002-05-15

Unix and Linux security owes much to openness and public disclosure, but Microsoft is too far gone for sunshine to do any good.

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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-16
Matthew Kauffman (2 replies)

...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-16
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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-18
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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-20
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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-21
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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-16
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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-20
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-16
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-17
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RE: Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-17
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RE: Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-27
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-16
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Another Victim Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-16
Anon (1 replies)

The EULA says you can't sue anyway. 2002-05-20
Anonymous

Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-16
Anonymous

By this logic, Microsoft should have been sued out of business after any one of the IIS worm fiascos, right?

What? They haven't been sued?

Oh, right, their license prohibits that.

Even with proprietary code there's nobody to go after.

At least with open source you can fix it yourself, or hire a consultant to do it for you.

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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-16
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-17
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-20
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Another Corp Slave overlooks reality 2002-05-17
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious - Rebuttal 2002-05-17
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious - Rebuttal 2002-05-17
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Come back to earth SpaceMonkey - I rebutt your rebutt 2002-05-17
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious - Rebuttal 2002-05-20
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Not "a teenager in Croatia". 2002-05-20
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious - Rebuttal 2002-05-20
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-21
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Let's Be Real 2002-05-21
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-21
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-21
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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-23
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Another attempt at trying to get fired 2002-05-24
Someone fire this guy :\