Darrin Chandler wrote:
Ask Gates, Ballmer and crew what MS's goals are. Or find it on the MS site. If none of that works you can speculate (I'm not going to). Do you think their goals fall as much in line with what you want as does OpenBSD's goals?
Actually, this is very easy and does not require any speculation. The goal of any for-profit corporation is summed up in one line:
Maximize shareholder profit. Therefore, MS will make it their goal to improve security only when it affects the bottom line. Most of the time they don't even have to improve security to affect the bottom line - they just have to go through the motions of appearing to improve security. If more people would come to understand the staggering importance of that single minded goal of any corporation the world would be a better place. Instead of appealing to corporations to exhibit the behaviours of a person, all we need to really worry about is appealing to (or threatening) their bottom line. Theo has been doing this for years, and he's one smart cookie. No, that image just does fit - Theo is one smart saltine cracker. :) Breeno
