So here's a lovely statistic for the software community to hang its hat on:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6124541.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

Among other things, the article says, "Atlanta-based ISS, which is being acquired by IBM, predicts there will be a 41 percent increase in confirmed security faults in software compared with 2005. That year, in its own turn, saw a 37 percent rise over 2004."

Of course, the real losers in this are the software users, who have to deal with the never ending onslaught of bugs and patches from their vendors. We've just _got_ to do better, IMHO, and automating the patch process is not the answer.

Cheers,

Ken
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Kenneth R. van Wyk
KRvW Associates, LLC
http://www.KRvW.com




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