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Comments on: IT majors forge SAFECode alliance

Has anyone told the lawyers? 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 18:44 GMT

Pirate

I'll change my views on their software reliability when they re-write their EULAs to include at least some liabilities...

WTF? 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 22:18 GMT

Excellence? Safe Code?

Microsoft?

Excuse me, just off to laugh my ass off for a few hours.

Ben - a safe pair of hands? 

Posted Wednesday 24th October 2007 09:03 GMT

Quote: "Ben Fathi, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Windows development ... (said)... there’s still a need to build greater trust into IT products"

Too fucking right - and he, of all people, should know.

As for SAFE (Software Assurance Forum for Excellence), they obviously thought of the acronym first then made a piss-poor job of backforming it.

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