Microsoft now officially bans the practice embedding Easter Eggs in their software?

as part of their Trustworthy Computing initiative. However, in their heyday, Microsoft鈥檚 developers created some really elaborate Easter Eggs.

SO WTF?

Microsoft now officially bans the practice embedding Easter Eggs in their software?antivirus programs

Easter Eggs referr to hidden functions and features burried within the code and accessible via a keyboard sequence.

Since these features are not widely known nor part of the main program they are not necessarily maintained or tested as the main code.

A buggy Easter Egg could potentially be exploited. 99.99% of the users aren't even aware that they exist so they won't even know they are missing from future software.

Microsoft now officially bans the practice embedding Easter Eggs in their software?computer protection

:(

Easter Eggs were fun. The Excel one with the embedded flight simulator was the best!
soooo

What you are saying is that Bill Gates is now resigning his position as the Easter Bunny?
I knew Bill Gates was the anti-Christ!!
hmmmm, interesting, i wonder how this will turn out, i'll miss my easter eggs!
Microsoft? Are they the ones who create nasty viruses on the VDU so you have to purchase and install their anti-virus Trojan condoms for the pleasure and privilage.
I don't know about Easter, but their software now regularly lays an egg, often broken.
Microsoft is going downhill day by day. If only people would get out of their comfort zones and started using free software such and linux and other GPL stuff, would companies take notice and help the free software community.

Thanks to microsoft and its corporate attitude, they've become the proverbial party poopers. Im doing the best I can to migrate all my friends to non microsoft technologies. I install, troubleshoot ubuntu linux free for anyone who requests it.

Hail Free software. Die microsoft die.