On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:21:53 -0700, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>security (actually almost any characteristic) guideline has been that >it has to be built in as part of the base infrastructure and KISS. One of the tough choices programmers come up with is when a 30 year old program that has been modified every year - should be replaced. This type of decision becomes more difficult with people who design operating systems and systems that interface with other systems. Here's an excerpt from the following URL: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/start.html?pg=15 According to Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford University, these software saboteurs will drive smart users to dumber appliances like BlackBerrys, iPods, and Xboxes. In his upcoming book, Zittrain writes that the migration to closed systems will end innovation on the Internet. We asked the veteran info-freedom fighter why hes wearing such gloom-colored glasses. His book assumes we don't change direction before we're forced to. Is he correct? Are we that stuck in the mire of our own making? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
