Story: Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes

Story: Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes

1. If you are writing programs for a specific OS then... oldator
2. Howard Schmidt sounds like yet another egghea... Bruce Allen
3. Schmidt seems to be suggesting that the... jim bob
4. Some of you guys are amazing. It's... Big Al
5. Hmmm.. certainly got everyone... Stevie
6. BUNK! Absolute bunk! Unless Schmidt acknowledges... Floyd May
7. Brilliant...This is the fastest way I can thi... Stan Fisher
8. This is nonsense. The company should be liable for... Anonymous
9. Is an auto designer personnally liable for a... Glenn Branch
10. Dammit! I'm so fscking SICK of these people who tr... Anonymous
11. agree with software application security - th... Bill Dobson
12. Bill - Let me guess... the additional pr... Coleman
13. You can hold developers responsible... Rob Fielding
14. Customers want developers to write software that d... Anonymous
15. In most cases, the developer does not own the... Anonymous
16. Developers don't make the decisions as to what is... Anonymous
17. As a software developer my manager gives me a... Tom Jones
18. I am sure he writes code every day!! Here is anoth... Anonymous
19. This won't work for several reasons: ** Since most... Anonymous
20. Software is extremely complex and will always be c... Jose Sandoval
21. Consumers should be (and ultimately are, through l... Nathan Tenney
22. If we take this to its logical conclusion we have... Anonymous
23. Well this will certainly have the effect of gettin... Lawrence Foard
24. CMM doesn't represent how good your developers are... Anonymous
25. WHAT CONSTITUTES A SECURITY HOLE? WHAT ABOUT MISU... Dave Monk
26. I'd love the time to make all my code completely s... Anonymous
27. There are huge problems with this idea: a) develop... Ian Woollard
28. Training is just one of the variables in this equa... Anonymous
29. This is a clearly a bureaucrat tooting his own hor... Coleman
30. Kiss my donkey Mr. Schmidt!! I wouldn't accept suc... Anonymous
31. Not to speak lowly of a mans education, but Mr. Sc... Anonymous
32. Has this person ever worked in a 'real world' prog... Anonymous
33. Mr. Schmidt is gone senile Software products will... aspen
34. Should a developer be held accountable for a secur... Anonymous
35. Here's why Schmidt is an idiot. Individual develop... John Boe
36. This is pure insanity and a perfect example of a p... Anonymous
37. Mr. Howard Schmidt has no clue about software deve... Anonymous
38. Let me guess... BUSH White House advisor. The arti... John Boe
39. another idiot suit who got his job through cr... Anonymous
40. Sounds like a great idea to me... What about other... Anonymous
41. Bad idea. Here's why: 1) Developers generally tak... Joe Cochran
42. If this guys is an "expert" I'm a pink flying elep... Brendan
43. Mr Espiner, Thank you for publishing this article... Anonymous
44. I love this idea! You see, I own and manage a soft... Anonymous
45. just as soon as ass-hat politicians and televangel... who cares
46. If Developers should be liable for security holes... Anonymous
47. It's freaking' time... the difference between free... T2k
48. I love the idea. But if I wonder if any employer... Twan
49. If the developer is legally liable for his own cod... Bill Hauck
50. This is a standard business tatic...the compa... Charles H Martin, PhD
51. Poor Howard embarasses himself with this one. Anonymous
52. CEO's should be liable for company failures. The... Bernard Deuce
53. Howard Schmidt obviously has no understanding of h... Anonymous
54. Step up to plate Developers - don't just hide... Ben Williams
55. Great idea if .... - You want to ensure that all s... Anonymous
56. Schmidt almost certainly doesn't know what he's ta... Rex Page
57. So going by Mr. Schmidt's logic, if tomorrow there... Rajesh Sharma
58. Seeing that lawyers have squeezed every drop of li... Anonymous
59. Ex-White House huh? Let me guess -- Bush crony?... Anonymous
60. Anyone who works in software security (and has a c... Anonymous
61. As a professional software engineer, I strongly di... Andrew Rondeau
62. He is a cowboy. Security is moving target dumber.... Anonymous
63. Mr. Schmidt is obviously a fool. But if he is will... Sam
64. There is a total disconnect with reality! Quality... Franz
65. Howard Schmidt is so naive about the subject of so... Rob C
66. Somebody has to stand up and say these things... Rob Lewis
67. I agree that software companies should try to make... Anonymous
68. How about to include any type of bug into company'... marius herghelegiu
69. The problem is that customers and employers don't... Anonymous
70. Mr. Schmidth seems to have found a way to quickly... Arthur B.
71. So, according to his theory, if someone hot-wires... Anonymous
72. Schmidt is unskiled and unaware of it. His inflate... Kathleen Fasanella
73. So, I assume he also wants to hold assembly line w... Anonymous
74. Another management guy pushing responsibility down... Anonymous
75. Does he believe that developers have the ultimate... Anonymous
76. As much as I'd like to be accountable, the level o... Anonymous
77. [rant type="trolling back at the article's antagon... Anonymous

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