[tokioyoyo]

20 years ago software wasn't as much battle tested as today, had way less feature set, was less connected to the internet, and etc. 428 CVEs looks small, assuming not all have CVSS 9.8 or something.

[lousken]

It was more tested as real testers were testing it. Nowadays, AI just checks the code.

[pixl97]

I guess we should find some of this old source code and test it for exploits to see what is true.

[fragmede]

https://github.com/microsoft/ms-dos

[Cthulhu_]

Is that true or an assumption? I don't think Chrome and co would discard their decades worth of automated testing practices in favor of AI.

Actually I don't need to think / assume, it's an open source project.

[lousken]

Chrome? That is a younger project and it was much less automated back in the day.

[Cthulhu_]

20 years ago was 2006, I can assure you we were very consciously aware of things being permanently connected to the internet by then.

That said, sure, it had a fraction of the features back then, and only a fraction of the world population was connected to the internet.

[HeatrayEnjoyer]

>That said, sure, it had a fraction of the features back then, and only a fraction of the world population was connected to the internet.

And the world was better for it. Connectivity and internet are not inherent goods. They can be used for good purposes but it is hard to argue that has been the mean.