tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post111343164684455999..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Microsoft Warns About Security FlawsDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1114476274011112222005-04-25T18:44:00.000-06:002005-04-25T18:44:00.000-06:00This is a cost of integratability. Microsoft produ...This is a cost of integratability. Microsoft products have more flaws because they have to try and satisfy everyone. That ends up including the hackers too.<BR/><BR/>There is also a negative network externality at work here. The value to a hacker of exploiting a flaw is proportional to the number of people using the system, yet so is the number of hackers. This suggests that less popular softwareDr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com