Sir Willy talking security

Post #138,337 by tuberculosis 1/28/04 1:07:18 PM Reply	Sir Willy talking security [link\|http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39143723,00.htm\|http://news.zdnet.co...5,39143723,00.htm] Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates took a side-swipe at rival operating systems on Monday, as he reiterated the importance of security for Windows; in particular its next version, which is codenamed Longhorn. As the latest mass-mailing worm spread across the Internet on Monday, infecting many tens of thousands of Windows PCs with a program designed to attack the servers of Unix vendor SCO Group on 1 February, Gates stressed the importance of security to his company's products, but said that competing vendors -- such as SCO -- were courting danger by sitting back. "A high volume system like [Windows] that has been thoroughly tested will be by far the most secure," Gates told the audience at the Developing Software for the future Microsoft Platform conference at London's Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. "To say a system is secure because no one is attacking it is very dangerous," said Gates, referring to operating systems that have a smaller share of the desktop market, such as Apple Mac OS and Linux. Noting the large number of major virus epidemics during the past two years, Gates said that in some ways "hackers are good for maturation" of the platform, because they have forced the company to develop new inspection techniques for the code. ----------------- I don't think I could say that with a straight face. I don't see how he can. "I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone." -- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
Post #138,339 by jake123 1/28/04 1:08:51 PM Reply	Well, he can say it with a straight face because he's had a lot of practice at saying giggle-inducing falsehoods with a straight face. He's been doing it for years. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #138,343 by Andrew Grygus 1/28/04 1:34:45 PM Reply	He picked that line up from . . . . . the InfoWorld Wonder Twins. They spouted this theory in some of their security columns. And don't knock Billy's talent for telling lies and absurdities with a straight face. That's the talent that made him rich. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #138,349 by deSitter 1/28/04 1:44:05 PM Reply	Re: He picked that line up from . . . Ah yes, the Ambiguously Gay Duo! What were their names, Scantron and Dingle? -drl
Post #138,792 by drewk 1/30/04 8:53:56 AM Reply	I'm gonna go all Godwin on this one "A powerful nation like England that has been thoroughly tested will be by far the most secure," Churchill told the Parliment. "To say a nation is secure because no one is attacking it is very dangerous." Churchill said that in some ways "Nazis are good for advancement" of civilization. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #140,408 by dmarker 2/7/04 7:39:40 AM Reply	Re: For Bill to tell a lie, he has to ... know what one is. I don't believe he does. Many people 'with autistic tendancies' have a similar problem. Doug M

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