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<vq53i4-24i.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>> More importantly, criminal investigations are a matter of
>> secrecy. They cannot risk their machines being infected by a virus
>> that sends this private data out to someone else for who knows what
>> purpose.
>
> On top of that, we pay for the police forces from our own taxes, so
> there is no excuse for wasting money on proprietary software when
> there are much less expensive equivalents which can be selected
> instead.
The biggest problem today, as far as I can see, is that SW contracts
awarded today lack severe penalty clauses for being late, out of spec,
etc. It used to be that if you delivered late or non-conforming SW you
got screwed right and proper. That is why SW systems delivered in the
past did what they were spec'd to do. No more, no less. MS, and most
other SW providers today, wouldn't survive if contracts actually
punished them for being late / out of spec.
--
Security is one of those funny things. You can talk about being "more"
secure, but there's no such thing. A vulnerability is a vulnerability, and
even one makes you just as insecure as anyone else. Security is a binary
condition, either you are or you aren't. - Funkenbusch 1 Oct 2006
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