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Microsoft Pushes Secure, Quality Code | |
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| Time: 00:47 EST/05:47 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft is continuing its thrust to help developers write more secure and better quality code. The Redmond, Wash., software company is putting new code analysis features into the next version of its development tools suite, Visual Studio 2008. In Visual Studio 2005, the company integrated a couple of static analysis tools—FxCop and PREfast into the tools suite under the names Managed Code Analysis and C/C++ Code Analysis, said S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of Microsoft's developer division, in a blog post Oct. 4. | ||
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| #1 By 860 (68.62.222.168) at 10/8/2007 1:18:08 AM |
| One thing's for sure... it didn't help their own developers much. Exchange 2007, SQL 2005 and Office 2007 are a disaster. |
| #2 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 10/8/2007 6:41:22 AM |
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Do you have any specifics, or are we to take these sweeping generalities as gospel?
I can't speak about Exchange but SQL 2005 has been rock solid for me. With office, you are talking about an aging code base that should be rewritten in managed code. Still, with the exception of the Excel multiplication bug, it too appears to be stable if not solid. |
| #3 By 3653 (65.80.181.153) at 10/8/2007 3:15:39 PM |
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Agree w/ #2. Vermyndax lost me at "SQL 2005" being a disaster. That prog has been a no-compromise workhorse for us. We havent yet upgraded to Exchange/Office 2007. This post was edited by mooresa56 on Monday, October 08, 2007 at 15:16. |
| #4 By 37047 (24.222.125.186) at 10/8/2007 6:40:50 PM |
| Mark this date on your calendar! I have to agree with rxcall and mooresa56. SQL Server 2005 is one of the most solid products Microsoft has created, ever. There have been almost no security holes discovered, to the best of my knowledge. The performance is great. I can find nothing to complain about with this product. |
| #5 By 37 (66.191.117.13) at 10/8/2007 7:23:42 PM |
| #1 is way off base there. Office 2007 is the best version of office, ever, in existence. I can't speak for SQL (but others above have). Exchange 2007, from my experience, has also been solid as well. |
| #6 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 10/8/2007 8:23:51 PM |
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Microsoft Pushes Secure, Quality Code -
Which is probably entirely beside the point given that they will eventually be competing with FREE. Hard to beat free in the marketplace. (You can quote me on that.) |
| #7 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 10/8/2007 8:53:58 PM |
| #6: There are plenty of free apps out ther now. Linux and Open Office have been around for years but people still like and use Windows and Office. In fact aren't there more OSX desktops than Linux? Heck there might even be more OS2 destops than Linux! |
| #8 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 10/8/2007 8:59:19 PM |
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#4: I do have one complaint for SQL Server and VS2005: Did someone put molasses in the IDE? It is sloooooow... This post was edited by rxcall on Monday, October 08, 2007 at 22:00. |
| #9 By 32132 (64.180.198.233) at 10/8/2007 10:30:12 PM |
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#6 When "free" is self-supporting, self-managing, self-installing and self-updating "free" might win.
Until then, software that is easier to support, manage, install and update turns out to be cheaper since you have to hire staff to do those tasks. |
| #10 By 13030 (198.22.121.110) at 10/9/2007 9:39:33 AM |
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#2: With office, you are talking about an aging code base that should be rewritten in managed code.
Huh?!? Managed code guarantees neither performance nor robustness. You can write poor quality code in any language using any OS or runtime. The Office C/C++ code is fine. Now, if they'd only stop jacking with the UI... |
| #11 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 10/9/2007 10:42:09 AM |
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#10 - Thanks for the tip - I'm sure you speak from experience.
I was speaking in terms of a security and bloat… Let’s face it - this is the same code base as Office 97 (and probably older). It has its origins in an era when MS was not overly security conscience, and over all those years, Office has been enhanced, patched, hot-fixed, integrated and face-lifted to keep up with technology innovations, new Microsoft products, and bad guys. This has resulted in a product more bloated than me after a 12 pack of tall, cool Budweisers. Additionally, we must consider the potential security holes looming in an archaic code base as the technology landscape evolves. It would behoove Microsoft to rewrite Office, using newer development paradigms to cut down on the bloat and security vulnerabilities. However, from a short-term perspective, it would be too costly an undertaking for MS, but in the long run they would certainly benefit from maintainability, scalability and enhanced security. |
| #12 By 48398 (70.102.157.10) at 10/9/2007 5:03:16 PM |
| Somebody should send one of those "Idiots guide to ....." books about VS to Intuit and Sage software. They need to learn a thing or two. |
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