Re: [Full-Disclosure] NINCOMPOOPERY OF MICROSOFT

[Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com>]

<quote>
Ballmer made it absolutely clear where his company--arguably the biggest target 
for cybercrime the world over--stands when it comes to hacking, be it malicious 
code-authoring or what some consider to be ethical programming. Ballmer likens 
these individuals to criminals who blow up buildings and says the monetary 
damage is worse. And he takes umbrage with the notion that some are ethical and 
help to create new innovations for the market by pushing IT to its limits.
</quote>

They should make this clear on their bug reporting page.

georgi


On Wed,  1 Oct 2003 07:54:12 -0700
<dhtml@hush.com> wrote:

> "Hackers are criminals" Most, he notes, release their malicious code
> after patches for Microsoft software have been released, meaning that
> they are simply reverse engineering to exploit security weaknesses or
> holes in software. - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer 
> 
> 'ninkum`poop [n]  a stupid foolish person See Also: simple, simpleton
> 
> 
> Microsoft has claimed that the majority of the security bugs reported
> by the company’s software users have been traced back to the code provided
> by the third party software vendors
> 
> Almost 90 per cent of the problems, that are reported by the users as
> part of our automated feedback system, come from the code that is not
> provided by Microsoft.” - Chief Technology Officer Craig Mundie 
> 
> http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15200897
> 
> http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43039
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