Reading the user comments on the following story, I think I have to add a little bit.
Anti-MS Group Aims to Block Vista
Most people are totally confident that there is no fault at microsoft, and that it’s natural for software to fail. Well, first of all I want to present a little quote by DJB:
“I often see people saying ‘Nobody has produced an invulnerable software system; therefore, nobody will ever produce an invulnerable software system.’
“By the same bogus reasoning, nobody will ever reach Mars; nobody will ever find MD5 collisions; nobody will ever cure cancer; nobody will ever prove the Poincare conjecture; nobody will ever clone a human; nobody will ever build a 1GHz CPU; nobody will ever find SHA-1 collisions; nobody will ever break the sound barrier; etc.”
And then for those who still truly believe that Microsoft does it’s best to ensure high software quality and to reduce the amount of security issues in it’s software.
Ever heard of OpenBSD?
I’m asking: If the OpenBSD guys can produce a moderatly secure OS, why can’t Microsoft?
-Richard
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