Comments on: Gates dares anybody to exploit Vista http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/02/06/gates-dares-anybody-to-exploit-vista/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: George http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/02/06/gates-dares-anybody-to-exploit-vista/#comment-46 George Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:35:02 +0000 http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/02/06/gates-dares-anybody-to-exploit-vista/#comment-46 Interesting way of looking at it. I'm more inclined Gates made a Bush-ism of sorts. The quote was: "Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine. " It's clear that any tech-savvy person would see right through how much BS is in that statement. It doesn't pose a challenge, so much as it insults the intelligence of those that know better and misleads consumers. I would consider the possibility that this was just more intentional Microsoft FUD, but it seems a little too blatant to me. Bill is no marketing person, so it's not surprising that he would slip up the way he did. I'm willing to bet he simply wanted to tell people that there is no truly secure OS and that if people gave the same attention to finding security holes in MacOS they would find a comparable amount to how many are found in windows. Add in a poor attempt to give Microsoft some free marketing, and you end up with the nonsense quoted above. Interesting way of looking at it.

I’m more inclined Gates made a Bush-ism of sorts.

The quote was:
“Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine. ”

It’s clear that any tech-savvy person would see right through how much BS is in that statement. It doesn’t pose a challenge, so much as it insults the intelligence of those that know better and misleads consumers.

I would consider the possibility that this was just more intentional Microsoft FUD, but it seems a little too blatant to me.

Bill is no marketing person, so it’s not surprising that he would slip up the way he did. I’m willing to bet he simply wanted to tell people that there is no truly secure OS and that if people gave the same attention to finding security holes in MacOS they would find a comparable amount to how many are found in windows. Add in a poor attempt to give Microsoft some free marketing, and you end up with the nonsense quoted above.

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