Good question, but not at all! I've been working as hard as I can for the past 15 years to improve C Language security as have other security-minded members of the committee. Generally speaking, we are in the minority as performance is still the major driver for the language. Any security solution that introduces > 5% overhead, for example, is a nonstarter. I think we all understand that are jobs are completely safe no matter what security improvements we can get adopted.

The committee works a lot lobbyist. A minority of people with a large financial interest in the technology (such as compiler writers) have undue influence because they participate in the process. I always encourage C language users to take a more active role, but they usually don't. Cisco is an example of user community that actively takes part in C Standardization.