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And they thought they should just share it with the world? Please. This is just more of Microsoft's FUD tactics to attack competitors in a dirty way. They were
by nextparadigms 15y ago
And they thought they should just share it with the world? Please. This is just more of Microsoft's FUD tactics to attack competitors in a dirty way.
They were also the ones to pay for that research that uncovered the first Chrome sandbox exploit. I question their motives for all of this.
- shantanubala 15y agoThat's my point. Microsoft has nothing to lose by researching the inefficiencies of their competitors. It's a pretty good business tactic if you have enough money to spare, and since they started developing Windows Phone, it makes even more sense for them to uncover "problems" with Android.
- wmf 15y agoThis paper was written by an intern at MSR. It's possible that it was easier to instrument Android or it has more apps or whatever.