[fw-wiz] Re: How to Save The World (was: Antivirus vendor conspiracy theories)

From: ucxfoe (ucxfoe_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/15/04

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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:19:01 +0000 (UTC)

    Marcus J. Ranum <mjr <at> ranum.com> writes:

    > For a very long time, now, the industry has been moving
    > away from "custom code" based on the premise that
    > software is a commodity and should be treated as
    > such. But that is obviously an inaccurate premise. If
    > you question the premise that software is a commodity,
    > you need to question all the "facts" that follow from it.

    If one accepts that "availability" is part of the security
    mandate, one must accept that the catastrophic loss of availability
    from my vendor falling under the wheels of a large company from
    Redmond the day before my license keys expire is a valid type
    of "availability" to worry about.

    The costs associated with commodity software that is "good
    enough" are like a form of business insurance.

    /b

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