[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Tue Jan 30 13:48:07 EST 2018


On 2018-01-29, DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> It's my thinking that describing something as a risk is sort of like FUD.  If I 
> have something that works, does the job, then I use it.
>

I hope you don't think that way when it comes to operating systems or
other software that can be potentially used to compromise a system. :-)

In case the point is too subtle, you not only have to think about what
the software is supposed to do, but also what it may potentially _now_
be able to do when a newly discovered security vulnerability comes along.

Simon.

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