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The way Microsoft wrote code for 40 years was an attack surface. The absurdity and fragility of DCOM and ActiveX without meaningful security or development rigo
by 1letterunixname 4y ago
The way Microsoft wrote code for 40 years was an attack surface. The absurdity and fragility of DCOM and ActiveX without meaningful security or development rigor.
- Izikiel43 4y agoOk? What's the point? Do you want them to invent a time machine and not do that? Is it a bad idea to fix the issues?
- jen20 4y agoNo, I want them to write better stuff going forward, which this seems to be.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoIt's like them finally admitting the emperor's new clothes is the king is naked. Frankly, I don't care because Microsoft's ethos is one of hostility, neglect, and irresponsibility.
- afavour 4y ago“Microsoft has a history of hostile neglect!” [MS moves to responsibly maintain their codebase and patch previously overlooked vulnerabilities] “Ugh why are they wasting all this tiiiime”
- 1letterunixname 4y agoClosing the barn door after the cows left. Too little, too late.