From: "Randy" 

eeye's business model is a direct result of Microsoft's inability to write
secure and trusted OS's. And where there is a void in the market, it tends
to get filled.

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:0nved1l7ontvcnmc2fc9hgtcrdm2kccc4m{at}4ax.com...
> "Rich"  wrote in message news::
>> Do you believe they have not released instructions on how to
>> create malware?
>
> Of course I know that eeye have released sufficient documentation on the
> vulnerabilities they have found to allow other people to write malware.
>
> IMHO many vendors would NOT spend serious money fixing bugs while they
> could hope there would be no actual malware to demonstrate the bugs to the
> public.
>
> Apparently you're maintained in such cotton wool that you believe Big
> Business is run by Pollyannas who are just waiting for people to write in
> with suggestions for how BB can spend money with no benefit to BB. Why
> should a company spend serious money on fixing last year's bugs when they
> could instead cover them up, and concentrate on next year's product?
>
>> The comparison would be if eeye didn't take their irresponsible actions.
>> They could continue doing anything positive like reporting problems to
>> vendors.
>
> How do you propose the people at eeye eat? They have to make money, and
> that involves selling their product, and that involves publicly pissing on
> Microsoft.
>
> You claim you can't see any benefit in this arrangement. However, I
> haven't notice you take up my challenge to imagine a world where people
> like those at eeye did not exist. When I think about this, I find it
> obvious that such a world would involve faster release-to-production, with
> less emphasis on security.
>
> John
>

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