On Thu, 19 May 2005 18:45:11 -0000, No_One <no_one@no_where.com>
wrote:

>On 2005-05-19, BenneJezzerette <jennifer755@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dominik L. Borkowski wrote:
>>>>BenneJezzerette wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hmm well if ever I became a Programer, and did that, be sure I would
>>>>>find time to test it out. I would not even take the time to just
>>>>>arbitrarily let something out, ...
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll keep that in mind when I become a 'Programer'. In the meantime, what i
>>> put out works for some people.
>> Ok, that is one thing I have noticed on the M$ side, they don't actually
>> test inhouse, they shove it out to crash others systems, and then take
>> the debug from them. Something tells me that since they do that, its why
>> Virus are riven in M$ products.
>
>Not true, they do test in house, a lot, and they use outside beta testers.
>The reason for MS problems with any virus has little to do with testing and
>more to do with sloppy or antiquated or non-existent programming habits and
>discipline.
>
>ken

I am not normally a Microsoft defender, but I do feel the need to
respond to this post. I made a living programming for 30 years, so I
do know something about this subject. There are a couple of points I
wish to make.

1) As stated above by Ken, Microsoft does test, and they do test "a
lot". More bugs are found in Microsoft products because more people
use Microsoft products. One thing I found consistent over years of
programming on many platforms in many languages, the more people who
use your software, the more bugs that will be found.

2) Microsoft products are hit by viruses more often than others (IE
versus Firefox, or Windows versus Linux) because they are a much
bigger target. The sick, demented people who write viruses are
looking for attention. Microsoft is the target of virus writers, not
Linux, for the same reason that the terrorists flew airplanes into the
World Trade Center, not into a grain silo in Podunk, Iowa.