Kurzzusammenfassung

Within the last 60 years the process of both software development and deployment has undergone significant structural changes. I present here some of the cornerstones of the way software was freed from its hardware roots and how this had deep impact on the character of the software development process and its inherent values. Instead of focusing on technology issues outside of their context, I attribute many of the security problems we experience with today’s software to the described process, the institutional change associated with it, and its unintended results.