[IP] more on Report seeks more secure world for software development

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+@ux13.sp.cs.cmu.edu
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:21:17 -0800
From: Thomas Leavitt <thomas@thomasleavitt.org>
Subject: Re: [IP] Report seeks more secure world for software development
To: dave@farber.net

"The patching process needs to be revamped, such as no longer requiring
reboots during installation, and providing awards and other incentives to
those developers and vendors who create secure product."

As someone who just spent four hours watching "Windows Update" "patch" an
installation of XP for my employer, a process which required half a dozen
reboots, this statement induces giggles.

How many billions should we pay Microsoft in "awards and incentives" to quit
shipping broken and bug ridden software? Could be a lucrative business for
them.

Regards,
Thomas Leavitt

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