On 23/06/07, paul at clubi.ie <paul at clubi.ie> wrote:
> I'd hesitate to disagree with anything written by Bruce Schneieir,
> but I can't find where he absolves MS of responsibility.
It does not.
> If you're trying to say that MS care little for designing for security because
> of a lack of economic incentives,
I am.
> sure - doesn't seem contradictory with my view.
Not at all. I agree with you completely; I just wanted to point out an
interesting twist, that non-security considerations can sometimes
rightly outweigh security ones, and that the "solution" to the
computer security problem is most likely a service provider-based one.
--
Cheers,
Josh
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