microsoft.com -> NetBSD

[C de-Avillez]

On 12/30/2010 06:38 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On December 30, 2010 01:11:45 pm S Mathias wrote:
>> http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/754fee75-c5a0-4542-bf9b-47f23
>> 6c0a90b/default.aspx
>>
>> Any comments?
> 
>   Wow, I wonder if the code is buggy, or about any back doors.
> 

I think you are mixing stations, completely.

* research.microsoft.com is the *research* piece of Microsoft, as
much as the Bell Labs were (of old) for AT&T. For research, they are
staffed with a LOT of exceptional people, most of them well-known in
the field. And... a lot of good research is done there, in a mix of
theoretical and practical. I find it as difficult to see deliberate
miscoding in r.m.c as in any other research. Keep in mind that all
open research (all published or accessible, I mean) can be looked at.

* in other words, please do not confuse r.m.c with Microsoft market
practices.

* downloads from r.m.c are usually for specific
areas/research-in-progress. This one is clearly such.

Even if I do not like the commercial approach Microsoft uses, I
still follow their research. And, if you do development/research in
CS, I would suggest you to *also* follow their work -- and really
analyse it, instead of blindly suggesting misconduct.

Cheers,

..C..

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