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http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/08/oracle_cso_mary_ann_davidson_doesn_t_want_to_hear_about_software_vulnerabilities.html
People who make things and people who break things are not natural allies. But gradually, the people who make software and the people who look for ways to break—or exploit—it have been coming to terms with the idea that they can have a mutually beneficial relationship rather than a hostile one. That’s why the now-deleted Monday blog post by Oracle security chief Mary Ann Davidson, in which she railed against users alerting Oracle to vulnerabilities, was so distressing to so many in the computer security community. (Oracle Executive Vice President Edward Screven later said that the post was removed because it “does not reflect our beliefs or our relationship with our customers.”)
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