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| Time: 14:11 EST/19:11 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Hoping to play a larger role on the homeland security scene, Microsoft has created a new position to advise U.S. policymakers on information technology issues.
The company said Wednesday it has tapped Thomas Richey, a retired U.S. Coast Guard officer, to fill the new post of federal director of homeland security at the company. After serving for 20 years in the Coast Guard, Richey retired in 2001 and became policy adviser to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in whose office he worked on homeland security and other issues.
Microsoft said it created the post in order to help the government manage its IT systems and to make sure the different systems work together.
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/13/2002 3:17:26 PM |
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Really? Has any other company committed this many resources to addressing this issue?
There are few companies in the entire industry that really do anything that is security conscious. Sure they talk big, like Oracle, but when push comes to shove they can't deliver. Perception is not Reality. |
| #2 By 1643 (65.164.207.4) at 11/13/2002 3:39:46 PM |
| Nicely said Blue! |
| #3 By 2960 (156.80.64.132) at 11/13/2002 3:58:50 PM |
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"Hoping to play a larger role on the homeland security scene, Microsoft has created a new position to advise U.S. policymakers on information technology issues."
Be afraid. Be very afraid. TL |
| #4 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/13/2002 5:17:34 PM |
| Who should we trust, TL ? |
| #5 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 11/13/2002 6:51:15 PM |
| Yeah, they should go the open source route and let every utility be a possible trojan. |
| #6 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/13/2002 8:15:35 PM |
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Rogue, a few corrections for you.
There is such a thing as GNU/Linux. There is not such a thing as GNU/Nix. Presupposing you meant GNU/Linx... GNU/Linux is an operating system not an application, desktop or otherwise. "Not as a server." This is not a sentence. "isnt" needs an apostrophe. You seem amused that Linux wasn't meant to be mainstream. FYI, Linux isn't mainstream. I guess it is meeting its original design goals. Irony? Ironic that despite your misinterpretation and mischaracterization of Microsoft's business intentions that they'll continue to be the number 1 software vendor? I guess it is rather ironic. |
| #7 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/13/2002 8:22:44 PM |
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Dog,
"The question is why M$ must spend all those resources on it :) " FYI, there is no such company 'M$'. I believe you were making a reference to the largest software company, Microsoft. So are you saying that other companies or organizations don't value security and see no need to allocate resources to secure their products? "Perhaps all those 'Memory Leaks' have something to do with it...." Maybe I'm not l33t enough to see three things here. Why is "Memory Leaks" capitalized? Why is it in quotes? What do memory leaks have to do with any recent or not so recent Microsoft security patches? |
| #8 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/13/2002 9:12:47 PM |
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I only use spell check when I'm editing Microsoft Office documents. Since most of your errors were grammatical, I'll just add that my usage pattern of grammar check is matches my usage pattern of spell check. K, so I'll not attack the grammar of your post, but I will attack its content.
"when your a monsterous company making your own laws .... " So far as I am aware, Microsoft has not been responsible for any legislative activity. "Wheres the innovation?" I could name hundreds of innovations, product enhancements, etc. but I really doubt you want to hear them. I think you wan't to complain. "faster?" I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that. Is what faster? the boot process? launching Word? playing Diablo II? burning CD's? "no way xp is 3 times slower then 98se" Again, I'd have to ask 3 times slower doing what? Also, I find your results highly dubious. It is very easy to produce an innaccurate benchmark. It seems to me that you have done just that. "I run both on the same pc. " What specs. "Customise xp the way you want" I don't recall seeing this in any Windows XP product literature. Perhaps I missed it. "Customise xp with the limits we set" That goes without saying. "I didnt used to hate ms" So far you haven't given any reasons you have for hating Microsoft. "Anyway gnu/LINUX isnt all that great either." We agree on this point. "Maybe I should put it under the EULA and charge you like he11 for it , the ms way!" Since you haven't produced a quality product, there is no chance that I'd license it from you. |
| #9 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 11/13/2002 9:31:48 PM |
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Rogue - "I'm not gonna get into an age old arguement with you Soda(whatever you are this week) "
I'm not quite clear what you mean by that last jab. I've been sodablue on here since June 24, 2001. BTW, I only made that point because there has been at least three well known open source packages trojaned on their public source distribution sites in just the past six months. And those are only the ones that I've heard about. Then we get into the question of why Redhat refuses to release advisories for known security issues in their distribution. Redhat is actually the Linux vendor in the best position, most of the others don't even have facilities for supporting their users. "I know that Linus Torvolds isnt using hidden tricks to get info from me" I know the same is also true of Microsoft. This is very rare in the software industry, and I'm glad Microsoft appreciates my concern for this, unlike most other companies. Ohwell. I hate to pidgeonhole you, but you appear to be just like every other Linux advocate who comes along here. You through out contrived situations and preconceived notions and then back away when presented with reasonable questions on those positions. |
| #10 By 1845 (12.254.164.83) at 11/13/2002 10:42:17 PM |
| I quite agree with you parker on all but one point. Many companies do employee open source developers. IBM, as far as I know, employs the largest number. |
| #11 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/14/2002 10:42:39 AM |
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"and no major security bug in BIND 9.x has been found" You forgot the "yet" at the end of that sentence.
Parker, I was responding to your "Don't you wish open source progammers were getting paid" comment. Yes, there are many that get paid As for who takes responsibility for what...both sides fix flaws, and nobody pays out when there are flaws. What responsibility did you have in mind? |
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