"Successful" communication

You know Dilbert, don't you? I find this cartoon a very good representation of what is going on in the emerging market for software vulnerabilities, and of course, its OTC trade practices -- total miscommunication and different needs and opinions. While different opinions and needs provoke quality discussion and I understand the point that everyone is witnessing that something huge is happening, "so why shouldn't I?", but at the bottom line, it's so obvious that there isn't any sort of mission or social welfare goal to be achieved, that everyone is commercializing what used to be the "information wants to be free" attitude.



Weren't software vulnerabilities supposed to turn into a commodity given the number of people capable and actually discovering them, where "windows of opportunities" get the highest priority as a con? That is, compared to commercializing vulnerability research, empowering researchers to the skies, and turning vulnerabilities into an IP, totally decentralizing the current sources of information, and fueling the growth of underground models, as it's obvious that for the time being vulnerabilities and their early acquirement seems to be where the $ is. What do you think?



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