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The "yet another mortal security flaw in Cisco..." stories never seem to end. Daydream: Journalists start ending such articles with "This is the Nth critical
by bell-cot 1y ago
The "yet another mortal security flaw in Cisco..." stories never seem to end.
Daydream: Journalists start ending such articles with "This is the Nth critical security flaw for Cisco in just the past year. Network security professionals we spoke to agree that network equipment vendors X, Y, and Z all have far better track records than Cisco."
- fwipsy 1y agoThe last paragraph of the article doesn't serve that purpose?
- bell-cot 1y ago1/4 of "yes", for this particular article. The regular "brands X, Y and Z are better" part would get more traction in the C-suites. And hopefully on Wall Street.
- er4hn 1y agoSpeaking (unofficially) as someone who works at one of the "other brands" that reeks of journalists having a bias.
- bell-cot 1y agoIf a magazine for parents of severe-peanut-allergy children ended every "may contain undisclosed peanut" recall article with a "Here's our current top 3 brands for child peanut safety: ...", would anyone refer to that as reeking of journalistic bias? How 'bout if Consumer Reports published a "We Tested 17 kitchen garbage disposals" article, and their 1-paragraph summary of the worst-rated model said "buy one of our 3 top-rated models instead"? (Yes, I know you're giving a "proper" response. And that very few journalists might say "buy X, Y, or Z instead" about a 900 lbs. gorilla like Cisco. Recall my "Daydream" disclaimer.)
- forinti 1y agoCisco hasn't yet rolled out a version of Webex that runs on Ubuntu 24.
- buggeryorkshire 1y agoWhen I worked for Cisco via an acquisition every single person I knew refused to use Webex in lieu of Google Meet etc