Re: Shame on Microsoft
From: Robert Burris (fossil24_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 08/13/03
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:39:23 -0500
You've struck a cord there, Hector.
Sloppy design has become all too common. We buy engineering software that
cost thousands of dollars per workstation. We buy these programs from
several vendors. The norm seems to be to release buggy software and
practically force customers into support/upgrade contracts. It's even
becoming common for the vendors to try to force the customer, through these
support/upgrade contracts, to install upgrades within a matter of weeks
after they are released. Just when a version of the software becomes
stable, it seems we are expected to deploy another bug-ridden major upgrade.
It's like a perpetual beta test.
"Hector Santos" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> All the same, it is still a bunch a hogwash and no excuse.
>
> Come on, you are not talking about a small million dollar company, but a
> MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZATION.
>
> They can make sure the design of the system is more secure BEFORE it gets
> out the door in the first place. It is sad that the industry has gotten
use
> to the idea that "Bugs are to be Expected," the "Bugs are ok," "Go get the
> atch" syndrome. The problem is POOR ENGINEERS AND POOR MANAGEMENT.
Not
> just one or the other. It is both! POOR ENGINEERS for not having the
> system engineering vision to thoroughly test ALL aspects and possible
> scenarios and POOR MANAGEMENT for not enforcing the tight, abeit long
> engineering testing requirements. It is tedious, but it MUST be done.
>
> Microsoft has been VERY aware of the basic flaws with Microsoft system -
> pretty much buffer and stack overflow issues. They could of EASILY gone
> thru all the OS source and check all possibly entry points. That is
exactly
> what eEYE does - and makes a name for itself doing it. They is
absolutely
> NO reason why microsoft can not have a HUGE TEAM of test engineerings
solely
> dedicated to TESTING and Microsoft Management MUST that it can't release
> ANYTHING until ALL security testing is performed.
>
> Good engineering means when you discover a problem, they look to see
"where
> else" can the problem reside. Microsoft is not apply this basic
engineering
> principle. It is pretty obvious they are fixing things as they come
across.
>
> Where are the class actions lawsuits is beyond me!
>
> --
> Hector Santos
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