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Is Windows written the exact same way as Linux? Never underestimate the amount of technical debt that can be holding a team down.

• chris_wot 9y ago
  It appears not, if such a bad bug can get through all the way to release.
  • Raymonf 9y ago
    "Linux" had a bug in which you could log into a system by pressing backspace 28 times a few years ago. And by Linux, I meant GRUB[1], and in turn, (many) Linux systems. We're comparing Linux and Windows, an operating system that contains 3.5 million files[2] (of course, not just the kernel in this case). That isn't really fair. Code is as perfect as humans can make it, and it certainly does not help that there's so much to take into account. [1] http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2015-8370-Grub2-authentication-bypass.html http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2015-8370-Grub2-authentication-by... [2] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/building-windows-4-million-commits-10-million-work-items/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/building-windows-4-m...
    • pecg 9y ago
      This GRUB bug you are talking about, is not a kernel problem though; on a side note, I'm going to read on the links you provided as I want to see if encrypted root partitions could also be compromised, I suspect no.
    • chris_wot 9y ago
      That's not quite on par with this Windows bug, but I take your point.
• acct1771 9y ago
  Ding-ding-ding, this is the non-bs answer.
• tinus_hn 9y ago
  Is that an excuse though?