tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post113691109732702936..comments2024-01-23T02:11:02.912-08:00Comments on B.D.'s world: Spyware Blaster updateB.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1137087490124568362006-01-12T09:38:00.000-08:002006-01-12T09:38:00.000-08:00I agree. Wasn't Longhorn supposed to be a complete...I agree. Wasn't Longhorn supposed to be a completely re-written OS? I believe that it was marketed that way until they realized that their poor management was not getting a product out of the door.B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1137004849572108312006-01-11T10:40:00.000-08:002006-01-11T10:40:00.000-08:00I keep wondering why an organization as big as Mic...I keep wondering why an organization as big as Microsoft hasn't, by now, simply created a whole new organization to write, from scratch, a whole new Microsoft operating system. Gates has more money than god: he could pay for an entirely new, compatible operating system, written in assembler, and as secure and tight as a drum.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132940770812503362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1136991062440327552006-01-11T06:51:00.000-08:002006-01-11T06:51:00.000-08:00LOL...good points. Note that I just reprinted what...LOL...good points. Note that I just reprinted what Microsoft announced and let it lie there. I did not comment on their words because it's one of those situations where I've heard this same song from them all before.B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1136989690016763262006-01-11T06:28:00.000-08:002006-01-11T06:28:00.000-08:00>Microsoft announced that they are going to comb o...>Microsoft announced that they are going to comb over all of their old code and check for vulnerabilities like the WMF one.<BR/><BR/>Ooookay, they're going to comb over all of their old code... they'll be getting back to us about, oh, 2009?<BR/><BR/>While they're at it why don't they just go through and audit their memory allocation, deallocation, and utilization schemes? I suspect if they got rid of all the <B>char *ptr;</B> and replaced them with <B>char ptr[BUFLEN];</B> we'd see 90% less buffer overrun attacks. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'll hold my breath while Microsoft "goes over all it's old code." Hey, Bill, I gots an idea for ya! Try writing some <I>new</I> code... with things like "quality" and "engineering" tossed in for fun.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132940770812503362noreply@blogger.com