Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by boxmonster on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:48PM
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A lot of people don't update their opinions because it takes work. I know because I've made it habit of checking my assumptions and I still forget. For example, people still trash PHP and post a "A Fractal of Bad Design" when PHP 8 is now on par with any other language and not an amateur minefield. Some things get better, some things get worse. It's best to check in once in awhile. Microsoft is much better than it was 20 years ago.
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Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by webmobdev on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:58PM
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Good point and maybe true for PHP, but not for Microsoft or its products. They've continued to "update" their bad practices too, and it's not just old criticisms that are rehashed again against them.
And no, to me Microsoft is actually worse than before as they have turned Windows into a spyware. The forced updates (not just security updates) make it even worse.
Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by michaelmrose on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:27PM
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Developers opinions don't seem to have changed that much
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-mo...
Maybe they are all wrong. Maybe PHP still sucks just less.
Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by boxmonster on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:51PM
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That's because there's a ton of legacy PHP code to deal with. I shudder to think about it.