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Re:Notepad++ drops code signing for its releases by izacus on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:21PM (#19329908)
The existence of whole industrial and home computer industry kinda proves that the models were effective and worked. Yes, there were vulnerabilities and viruses but that did not stop the computer industry from growing and proving its worth.
Re:Notepad++ drops code signing for its releases by adrianratnapala on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:11PM (#19332495)
This is true, but "worked" does mean it was secure by whatever we standard we consider good today.

That might be because we (at least on sites like this) are being overzealous about security. Or it might mean that in the modern environment, security is more of the concerns than in the halcyon days of MS-DOS.