Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:20:19 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /.: Microsoft Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source Message-ID: <p05111703b9114b676d3b@[10.0.1.11]> In-Reply-To: <20020522082154.GA4265@hades.hell.gr> References: <p05111718b910898a5694@[10.0.1.4]> <20020522025534.GB386@hades.hell.gr> <3CEB3A3B.CF62340C@mindspring.com> <20020522082154.GA4265@hades.hell.gr>
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At 11:21 AM +0300 2002/05/22, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> When you fix design flaws, APIs change.
>> It would require recompiling everything.
>
> Yes, I know. How about "not my problem, but Microsoft's" ?
> If they want to claim that their products are secure, then they should
> make the effort that it takes to compile them ;)
I think that he means that all the client programs would have to
be recompiled, too. Can you imagine forcing all Windows programs
that have ever written to be recompiled?
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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