Internet Explorer Problem
Quote from: dgwebb It's practically impossible to write code that is 100% secure, except maybe Hello World, but even then the underlying code that runs Hello World may have exploits which get run when you print out Hello World.
The problem is that code runs into hundreds of millions of lines, and as MS is a major consumer AND business supplier, they can't rush around and patch stuff with zeal, they have to ensure that any patch they create doesn't break the system it's installing on. If the code suddenly broke, for instance, Microsoft Office's ability to do a major function (lets say, Open a file), MS get bad press, they also get bad press it they don't do anything quickly.
Years ago I was told that all software programs could be simplified by at least one line of code and that all software contained at least one bug. Which means all programs can be reduced to single line of code that is wrong!
