By Michael Flanakin @ 9:36 AM :: 346 Views :: 1 Comments :: Technology :: Digg it!

Looking at making Apple products more secure, we've just entered the kick-off of the month of Apple bugs . This reminded me about the week of Oracle database bugs  in  November 2006. I went to see how that turned out and it looks like it didn't go so well -- it was postponed "due to many problems." As I stated before, I think Argeniss over-estimated their ability to come out with a bug-a-day. Not that they don't exist, but I had doubts in their ability to deliver. Hopefully this will come back.

I mentioned I'd like to see a similar effort for SQL Server 2005, which was claimed to be more secure than Oracle's database ; but I'd also like to see the same effort for Windows Vista. Such an effort on the new operating system would be welcomed with open arms, in my opinion. I can honestly say that I don't think a week of Vista bugs could be done at this time. I extend the challenge to anyone, tho. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure a month's worth of Vista bugs exist, but it would take a while to find them and Microsoft is very good at fixing these things in relatively short time frames. I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say it should never be possible to come up with a month of Windows bugs; but, in the same breath, we know it is. Either way, I don't expect to see such an effort anytime soon.

This is kind of annoying. This month of "Apple" bugs also includes non-Apple bugs. If that's the case, they should've stuck with a week or something. Using non-Apple software's bugs seems to defeat the point, in my opinion. The only way for a month of bugs to work is if they're completely pointing to one source who would have to deal with them. Pointing out 30 different bugs in 30 different groups would prove nothing. Every piece of software has one security bug.

Oh well, hopefully the fact that the second bug is non-Apple doesn't speak to the rest of the month.