Karl James Auer wrote:
> There just is no excuse for buffer overrun vulnerabilities any more. No
> excuse for delivering operating systems with all network features turned
> ON by default. No excuse for security features to be turned OFF by
> default. No excuse for delivering software with undocumented network
> protocols.
>
> On the flip side, there is also no excuse for users to expect to be able
> to use powerful and possibly dangerous tools with no effort and no
> learning curve.
Very good statement of the situation.
Regards, Tony Healy
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Now the trouble comes when you can't think of any new features, so you put
in the paperclip, and then you take out the paperclip, and you try to charge
people both times, and they aren't falling for it. Joel
Eschler(www.joelonsoftware.com)
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