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While I respect Schneier for his views, this is not one I share.

I've worked in the defence industry. The cost of mistakes is very high. In my case I designed communication systems. I have one in the field which was verified mathematically and no defect, vulnerability or bug has been found in 18 years despite counter attacks. This covers the hardware and software portions of the design.

As for my OS or document viewer, 5-8 years is enough time.



In which time your program don't exist because your OS/Word processor business doesn't survive on the taxpayer teat.

The problem is for businesses, most customers pay lot for features and new shiny and give a lot of lip service to the security part.

The problem for open source is, most developers spend their time on features and new shiny, and the security ramifications are an afterthought.




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