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On 2024-07-19 23:41, Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester wrote:
> Canal+ uses Ada but one is alleging that Canal+ suffered a crash today 
> with Windows. Cf.
> HTTPS://WWW.UniversFreeBox.com/article/568957/orange-canal-et-bouygues-telecom-annoncent-a-leurs-abonnes-etre-touches-par-la-panne-informatique-mondiale
> Cf. a complaint by Mister Brukardt that Ada can not control non-Ada 
> software on a shared system.

It is not about Ada. It is about the fundamental principle that security 
cannot be added on top of an insecure system. The lesson never learned 
is that security levels impose safety problems not solving security 
issues. Modern security architectures are nothing but a huge scam.

Thank you Microsoft!

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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