It is an inherent problem of the software industry. Secure software costs increasingly more money for decreasingly tangible benefit. Security is (more often than not) secondary to functionality, profit and time to market.
Ask your mum/sister/brother/uncle/neighbor if they want 'the Internet' to be secure. Ask them how much more they want to pay for that security. Compare the amount of money people are willing to pay for security with the amount of profit a malware author will make by writing an exploit. There's your metric. On Thursday, August 30, 2012, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:15:41 +0200, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Isn't that a bit like saying: "Well okay, snails may seem slow, but you >> only think that because you haven't seen the sloth yet!". >> > > Np, it isn't. My security is menaced by the slowness of Oracle as well as > of Apple and others, so things must be put in context. Furthermore, if > Oracle is the only one to be slow, one might think that it's their specific > faulty process. If > all manufacturers are slow, perhaps it's a inherent problem of technology > or such. > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > [email protected] > http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
