[Am-info] Gates seeks to plug security holes

[Erick Andrews]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,649544,00.html

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Staff and agencies
Wednesday February 13, 2002 [The Guardian]

Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has redeployed 7,000 
of his computer programmers from work on new software
programmes to fixing security holes in the existing Windows
operating systems. 

In an emailed memo, Mr Gates told programmers that their
first priority should be ensuring the security of Windows 2000 
and Windows XP. The move follows a series of security
flaws in the systems, including one that let hackers remotely-
control computers through the internet without their victims 
knowing. 

The urgent "code review" includes a two-day training seminar 
for all programmers called "writing secured code," aimed at 
making sure embarrassing bugs do not show up in the future. 

The Seattle Times reported that, in his memo to workers, 
Mr Gates said: "All those great features won't matter unless 
customers trust our software. So now, when we face a
choice between adding features and resolving security issues, 
we need to choose security". 
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Erick Andrews