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Re: Microsoft Outlines Security Plan (Balmer Blows Hard)
From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno () wolff to>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:46:50 -0500
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 13:48:01 -0700, Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah () nur net> wrote:
Computer security "is without question the number one priority for the company," Mike Nash, vice president of Microsoft's security business unit, said in a phone interview after Ballmer's speech. He added that employees from across the company had been pulled to work on security efforts.
Making money is their number one priority. Security is only important in how it helps them make money. I asked one of their security people at a security conference if they had any plans to make software like Outlook, Word and Excel safer for end users to use by removing dangerous features (in particular ones that made the difference between code and data hard for end users to determine) and was told that they won't be doing that because end users like features and features sell new copies of the software. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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