[svlug] Mr Bill sez Security is Now Job One ( Waiting for other shoe )

[Bill Selmeier]

Well I believe he may put more emphasis on Security.  Of course I've been
told that he's been told there is a good chance congress will madate a law
creating liability for software developers who sell insecure code.
Therefore he sees it mandatory to be able to point to a "good faith"
effort in making new code secure or face a legal/financial exposure.

Bill

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Margaret Wendall wrote:

> If you believe that Mr. Gates' emphasis is going to be on security, I
> have some beachfront property in Pacifica and a bridge in New York for
> sale. Cheap.
> Margaret Wendall
>
> Ian MacLure wrote:
> >
> > I see the estimable Miiiister Gates has now concluded that security in
> > that alternative
> > operating system of his is, as the FAA is wont to say, "minimally
> > magnificent" ie: crap.
> > Firstly....  All together.
> >
> > One
> > Two
> > Three
> >
> > "Well! D'uh!"
> >
> > Call me a cynic but why do I have the feeling that Miiister Gates
> > definition of improved
> > security is going to make interoperating his products with real OS
> > implementations more
> > difficult if not impossible.
> >
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