> The industry doesn't seem to have learned from this. I think industries follow the money. If the end user doesn't absolutely demand security features, then t

> The industry doesn't seem to have learned from this. I think industries follow the money. If the end user doesn't absolutely demand security features, then there won't be such features. Typically people who obsess about security build a product that provides security as a product (vs. a camera as a product). The guy who wrote Minix makes this argument (and no, he doesn't dislike Linux Torvalds): There are solutions to security problems, but you need to be interested in them in the first place. The military for example is interested in microkernels because in their case security is critical. Minix I believe is written more for reliability (e.g.: uptime) and (better) security comes as a added benefit.