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Comments on the Cyber Safety Review Board Log4j Event Report.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | December 2022
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Unsafe at any speed.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | October 2022
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Stopping Big Brother would require an expensive overhaul of the entire system.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | July 2022
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The time is (also) way overdue for IT professional liability.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | June 2022
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Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | April 2016
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Bad protocol, bad politics.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | March 2015
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"Not invented here" syndrome is not unique to the IT world.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | February 2014
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Quality happens only when someone is responsible for it.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | October 2012
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Until our programming languages catch up, code will be full of horrors.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | July 2012
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The time has come for software liability laws.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | November 2011
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Did Ken, Dennis, and Brian choose wrong with NUL-terminated text strings?
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | September 2011
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Finding a lasting solution to the leap seconds problem has become increasingly urgent.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | May 2011
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Why can't we all use standard libraries for commonly needed algorithms?
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | March 2011
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To move forward with programming languages we must first break free from the tyranny of ASCII.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | November 2010
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Think you've mastered the art of server performance? Think again.
Poul-Henning Kamp From Communications of the ACM | July 2010