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For over a decade, MS has been releasing patches and other updates to cover security holes in IE and Windows. Why can't they just make their software so that it's not so easy to affect it with malware?
It's like every month they suddenly realize they did something wrong, they left something open that should have been closed.
Do their engineers just sit around playing video games?
You're very dramatically trivializing the incredible amount of very difficult work it takes to create a core application like a web browser or even a platform like an OS and keep them bug free (it is virtually impossible).
This thread is already overly ignorant and it hasn't even started yet.
Agreed. I wasn't even going to reply to this.
Damnit Adyn.
Robert, you should be more annoyed at the people who should be sitting around playing video games, but instead spend all their free time trying to find tiny holes in Microsoft Windows or Internet Explorer for no real reason other then to be able to say "teehee! Look what I did!"
Another "I wasn't even going to respond to this" response here:
Beyond the obvious replies already here, it's worth noting that every week there are software patches for tons of different OS's and software that many people never even here of.
Another thing that annoys me is that they stopped updating XP and right away there are huge exploits.
They're responsible for protecting XP and they abandoned it like a rusty old bicycle.
I know the reason they keep updating IE is that they keep adding things to it. But they should be more careful how they add things to it. I know computer programs are large and complicated. But they should find more efficient ways to keep it secure.
Another thing that annoys me is that they stopped updating XP and right away there are huge exploits.
They're responsible for protecting XP and they abandoned it like a rusty old bicycle.
XP is a rusty old bicycle, and should be abandoned. They gave everyone YEARS of notice that this was coming. Software companies can't be expected to support ancient software forever, and MS is better than most others in terms of how many years they support old OS's and having a written EOL policy.
There are going to be even more exploits as it's now a huge target.
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I know the reason they keep updating IE is that they keep adding things to it. But they should be more careful how they add things to it. I know computer programs are large and complicated. But they should find more efficient ways to keep it secure.
Except that the issue found this week involved 4 different versions of IE, 3 of which aren't in active development. They didn't add anything to the old versions, someone found a way to exploit it.
Another thing that annoys me is that they stopped updating XP and right away there are huge exploits.
They're responsible for protecting XP and they abandoned it like a rusty old bicycle.
I know the reason they keep updating IE is that they keep adding things to it. But they should be more careful how they add things to it. I know computer programs are large and complicated. But they should find more efficient ways to keep it secure.
Take programming courses for the next year or so, get at least familiarized with how it works, then come back and read this statement that I've quoted you saying and respond with your thoughts.
> For over a decade, MS has been releasing patches and other updates to cover security holes in IE and Windows. Why can't they just make their software so that it's not so easy to affect it with malware?
If you haven't written an operating system- or at least part of one- then you can't criticize.
> Is Microsoft just stupid?
But that's a different question. In my opinion, yes, Microsoft collectively IS stupid, but stupid in its choice of product strategy.
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