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I still don't get it

I apologize in advance if any nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or conjunctions in this comment are offensive. Sorry, my long-distance mind-reading skills aren't developed enough for me to able to guess what sort of interpretation you are going to take away from a simple declarative sentence.

Meanwhile, I'm still happy to have provided the factual reference you were looking for but said you couldn't remember. (You're welcome, by the way.)

And I still don't understand how the example you cite is relevant. A Microsoft division handed out a CD to a relative handful of people in 1996, about seven years before the development of widespread malware. It contained a harmless but annoying document virus. Not code. By contrast, Mozilla for two months has been serving up infected executable code via its website to millions of Vietnamese speaking visitors. In the year 2008, I expect an organization with a user base of hundreds of millions to have rigorous code review procedures. Most of their customers are attracted to the product precisely because they believe it will make them more secure. This is a major black eye to Mozilla.

Posted by: Ed Bott   Posted on: 05/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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