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Beginning of the end, or a new MS?
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17/01/2002 14:27:07
 
 
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Not at all. Programming is a lot more interesting (to me) which is how I typically spend my days now. However, back then (7 months ago I finally left) the days certainly went by fast (and nights too since every day typically rolled into working nights and weekends on emergency network resolutions), but it was just too exhausting and STRESSFUL. That is a job for someone else, ANYONE ELSE! :0)

Happy with my day job,
Tracy
>>Just to clarify something here: Open source does NOT stand for secure. I spent years working as the IS Security Officer for one side of a major military installation and believe me, there are almost as many security holes in Linux as there are in Windows. Simply put, the OS with the most users will have the most security flaws exploited. That is the reality. While (based on experience, hacker knowledge, and ACERTS) my OWN (and only my own) opinion is that the MOST secure commonly used OS systems fall into this order: IBM, NOVELL, SUN, LINUX, MSFT.
>>One of my daily responsibilities was to ensure that all ACERTS were complied with and believe me, I spent the majority of my time implementing security patches and fixes for MSFT and different flavors of the UNIX operating systems. I only had ONE security fix for NOVELL in 7 years and NONE for IBM (until the 2 recent security flaws were discovered that also impacted IBM). At times, I was spending the entire day closing holes in MSFT and UNIX.
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>You had an interesting position.
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