Mark - you're too cynical. Microsoft can do anything that they decide to do.
And the easter bunny is real.... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/05/2002 08:12:37 AM: > I don't care how they measure it. Microsoft doesn't have enough employees > and/or contractors to finish that job properly in one calendar month. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julie A. Toman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Microsoft Takes a Break to Clean Its Code > > > Quick comment: > > One month does seem insufficient time to effectively complete the task > at hand. Perhaps this would be better (and more accurately) measured in > man hours ... > > > > > > > > > "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 02/05/2002 09:24:39 AM > > Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Microsoft Takes a Break to Clean Its Code > > > > I got this in today's email. I think anyone who believes that a one-month > security audit of all Microsoft's code is going to find even a small > percentage of the problems needs a psychiatric evaluation. How long did > the > OpenBSD folks take to do their audit? I think their first _phase_ lasted > about a year. Oh well, some attention to this problem by Microsoft is > better than none. I just hope no one really expects a lot to come out of > it. > > Mark Post > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:41 AM > ======================================================== > THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION > ======================================================== > > Tuesday, February 5, 2002 > > MICROSOFT TAKES A BREAK TO CLEAN ITS CODE > > Posted February 04, 2002 05:17 Pacific Time > > AFTER NEARLY 25 years of writing software code, Microsoft is taking a break > to do a little housecleaning. > > The company has ordered a temporary halt in the development of new code and > has instructed its developers to go back and check for security holes in > the > piles of ones and zeros already written. The clean-up targets the gamut of > Microsoft products from its desktop operating systems to its newly released > .Net tools, a Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Each division will > stop writing new code for about one month. > > For the full story: > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/04/020204hnmscode.xml?0205tua > > > m
