My heart pains for Microsoft on two counts. Firefox released its 1.0 version of its browser - much sturdier on the side of security apart from other things. IE just released its spate of security flaws. Linux just released a much stronger set of Standards (2.0) aimed at making applications cross-function across different implementations more reliably. Solaris released version 10 and is now open source. Solaris now packs a great file system (ZFS) with its latest release. Microsoft, on the other hand delays release of LongHorn. Secondly, MS is not releasing its much touted WinFS file system planned at going in in LongHorn. This file system was originally planned to be released in Cairo way back around 94, later delayed to 96. It is still being delayed!
I am already pained beyond expression. After all, we are neighbours!
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Microsoft is battling on a lot of fronts. They are sweating it out with the opensource guys. They are also duelling (no pun) in the console wars with PS2/3. M$ is trying to get a consensus with Hollywood for the DRM standards. They opened a music online (think iTunes). They are trying hard not to lose the asian market (first they lost the battle because of piracy and then because of open source... so in effect, they didnt make a dime there). They are trying hard to think how not to lose their two cash cows: OS and Office. So, who has time to think about security? Also, security is a mindset not a bunch of code. And lastly, security has to be built from ground up in the software, it cannot be an afterthought.
Oye praaji, microsoft ka to pata nahin .. par twannu ki ho gaya hai. Twadda blog wich koi progress shogress najar nahin aandi hai. Redmond mein reh kar, microsoft ke buri aadatein lag gayi hai twannu.
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