> The more Corporate America starts to switch to Linux, the > more holes you'll > see. The more people use Oracle or DB2, the more holes you'll > see. Dam, look > at the fixes in the last 3 months from firefox and their at > only 10% of the > market share vs, 75.1% per Omniture.
I agree, but my beef with Microsoft is that they have historically built software that has insecure /features/ not just accidental security holes. I think it was just ignorance in a lot of cases, but they do things like the DB issues originally brought up in this thread. EVERY piece of software written, no matter how good the author is, will have security holes. But I'd prefer to chose the software written by someone that has security forefront in their list of goals. I do think Microsoft finally has started to do this, but anything older than SQL Server 2005 and Win2k3 doesn't show that. Like Dave Watts said earlier, Microsoft's focus used to be the isolated home/small business users. It wasn't until the Internet exploded upon their business that their methods showed so many weaknesses. The problem is they continued these bad methods for many years after the Internet became widespread, but they have finally started to change. ------------- This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240067 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
