17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
An anonymous correspondant writes about the recent Netscape bug:
If the people who discovered the flaw had wanted they could have chosen to sell their knowledge to Microsoft for probably a very substantial sum.
I would respectfully maintain that reputable companies (including Microsoft) do not work this way. If you tell me about a bug in a Microsoft product, I'll pass it on to Microsoft immediately; and I know, from personal experience, that Microsoft employees work in the same way. Martin Minow Apple Computer Inc.