01-18-02, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Bill Gates: "Trust Me"
Like Microsoft or not, this article has to make you stop and think a little. Bill Gates, chairman of the software juggernaut Microsoft, has decided earlier this week to put increased emphasis on software security and more trustworthyness as he put it.
So what are they planing on doing to help cope with their security problems? Well, for starters, all of their 7,000 plus programmers will stop writing code on their new OS under development and attend a special seminar on computer security. From there, they will focus their attentions on security holes found inside of their current products and attempt to repair them.
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As the world's largest supplier of personal computer software, Microsoft has increasingly been criticized in recent years over the design and security of its products. Last September, for example, a stinging report from the Gartner consulting firm called on corporations to replace the Microsoft Internet Information Server, known as I.I.S., immediately because of successful attacks on the product by several malicious programs, like the Nimda worm.
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Why this gave me a chuckle is due to the fact that there have been OS breeches since Windows first arrived in the early 80's and aside from their programmers scrambling to correct each vulerability, has done little to prevent these attack from reoccurring in the future.
To me, it just seems that Microsoft, lacking consumer trust, has forseen (finally) a stumbling block with their new .NET initiative and has figured that they need to have a better "trust" with their customers in order to be successful. What do you think?
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