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Don't fix it - buy silence
First of course is the blatent mis-use of the term "hacker" by this and other media. The misuse of this word is similar to when the news shows were screaming "LOOK AT THIS * SEX * ON THE 'INTERNET'"!!! and showing a screenfull of AOL...

Second, and to the point of this article, Microsoft is simply trying to 'buy silence' with this bounty.

Don't get me wrong, I make my living partially from the holes in Microsoft products - even so, I'm not in agreement with what CRACKERS do with this holier-than-any-other operating system.

(But then I'm also not in agreement that Microsoft sells a real operating system or knows how to make one... and don't get me started on Microsoft's claim that DOS stood for "Disk Operating System" when what it came from was called "Quick and Dirty Operating System" leaving Microsoft with a simple DOS... happy

And I'd be MUCH happier making my money creating new ways for my clients to get their work done than fixing their systems because of some stupid bit of programming in an overstuffed and overcomplicated excuse for an operating system.

If Microsoft were to create a simple computer OPERATING SYSTEM instead of a whole computing 'environment', and then build all their toys on top of that, they could have a secure operating system. But until they get the * OPERATING SYSTEM * going securely first, the rest of the fluffly-pretty-stuff-dumb-users-can-use that Microsoft likes to market as 'part of the operating system' will NEVER follow in a secure fashion.

Basics come before extravagence - not the other way around!
Posted by: madmanx   Posted on: 11/04/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Makes Sense  ndelc | 11/04/03
Well...  Yen_z | 11/04/03
i agree  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
So...  vdraken | 11/05/03
Reality Check  Quiller | 11/05/03
Robin Hood???  JimSatterfieldW | 11/05/03
ROBIN HOOD???  beepster | 11/05/03
Makes not sense, just makes it more exciting for virus writers  DonnieBoy | 11/04/03
The Myth of Code Security at MS  AbsolutelyNot | 11/05/03
Medieval  Harry Bardal | 11/04/03
Medieval?  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
Will the criminal trial be televised?  David Mohring | 11/04/03
WILL THE CRIMINAL TRIAL BE TELEVISED?  beepster | 11/05/03
Don't fix it - buy silence  madmanx | 11/04/03
The Real reason  eyadmask | 11/04/03
Irrelevancies  Octol | 11/04/03
wish I knew  lmaxwell | 11/04/03
$250,000 is cheap  Iain_Peters | 11/05/03
A better idea  jellyclock | 11/05/03
An even Better idea!  Octol | 11/05/03
Why not address the issues Octol?  jellyclock | 11/05/03
What issues?  JimSatterfieldW | 11/05/03
Truth hurts, doesn't it?  Jack-Booted EULA | 11/05/03
MS Creates MicroCop The Bounty Hunter  DragonBRockin | 11/05/03
Clueless as to real problem  Quiller | 11/05/03
Re: Clueless as to real problem  DragonBRockin | 11/05/03
Greed Wins  Quiller | 11/05/03
Quiller YOUR AN IDIOT!!!  DragonBRockin | 11/05/03
To simple minds there's only 1 solution  JMVella | 11/05/03
Correct  JimSatterfieldW | 11/05/03
free copies of windows instead of cash  blahblahblah | 11/05/03
Hunt and Kill  Quiller | 11/05/03
Terminator HK 900  Quiller | 11/05/03
Hmm... If only the protocols were tested in Open Source  hackman_z | 11/05/03
New Profession  dwest_z | 11/05/03
They forgot to mention one thing !  NT Admin | 11/05/03
Hey MS offer $250,000 bonuses to your staff  Tammee | 11/05/03
Total costs  voska | 11/05/03
My thoughts exactly...  Yen_z | 11/05/03
Based on the Ex-Microserfs I know  AbsolutelyNot | 11/05/03
Well its about time!  Mad Scientist | 11/05/03
Dirty money from a dirty company!  orlando@... | 11/05/03
Bollogni No 2  michael-t | 11/05/03
Reward to Break the System  michael-t | 11/05/03
Lets hope what MS has done does not lead to more nasty programs.  shakey_z | 11/06/03
RE: Microsoft to offer bounty on hackers  OgreMHDW | 02/14/09

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