"2+2=3 kind of impossible -- to create an operating system that is immune to viruses.""
that is a classic line! On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.cio.com/article/print/496902 > > Google, while announcing its new Chrome operating system late Tuesday, > said users would no longer have to worry about viruses, malware and > security updates, but security experts disagreed on whether Google can > deliver on those promises. > > Google said in a blog post that it was "going back to the basics and > completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so > that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security > updates." An operating system should "just work," the company said. > > Bruce Schneier, the chief security technology officer at BT, scoffed at > Google's promise. "It's an idiotic claim," Schneier wrote in an e-mail. > "It was mathematically proved decades ago that it is impossible -- not > an engineering impossibility, not technologically impossible, but the > 2+2=3 kind of impossible -- to create an operating system that is immune > to viruses." > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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