David Litchfield wrote:
Hey, I know you this wasn't your intent when you wrote it, but:That means 70 000 000 € spend by Larry for the silly Yacht - you, David, could charge 100 000 per day and still deliver more value.I just want to make it clear that all I'm looking for from Oracle is, not a job to review their code, but to treat security properly and give their customers the respect they paid for.Cheers, David
I'm sorry if it sounded that way - I'm also not jealous of Mr. Ellison's riches (I've not directly contributed to them, mind you).
I just wanted to make the proportions visible ;-)From my view, there is no doubt that you alone have done a great deal of work to secure Oracle products - I assume with little financial reward from Oracle itself. This enforces the popular view that (most) big corporations don't "value" something until it costs money - and if it costs a lot of money, it must be of big value...
Sounds like a Dilbert-esque PHB'ism, but that's the impression I get.Unless a whistleblower (image of Larry keelhauling him comes up...) comes forward, only Ms. Davidson can shade some light on how exactly the QA- and patch-creation process works and why it can take literally years to put out a security-update (that turns out to be little less than a placebo) to a currently shipped product.
cheers, Rainer