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Henry Nettles wrote:
> 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.
>
Well that is a very intellegent answer, thank you. I can only agree with
you now. Thank you.
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