Throwing off the biases against Microsoft for past code-based
transgressions and the historical promulgation of insecure software, it is
not like Microsoft hasn't made a significant effort to revamp the security
of its more modern systems. While they still have a long way to go over
the next 5 to 10 years, they have made several commitments to the
realization of their proposed trustworthy computing initiatives.
I'm not anti-Microsoft, I'm anti-lazy. I posted the Reuters article to stir emotion, which it has. Though, if we are to look at the situation objectively, we cannot account for what might occur in the future, but what has occurred consistently in the past. Microsoft *might* make more secure systems in the (even near) future, sure. However, history tells us otherwise, and it is in our best interest as a country that it does not repeat itself.
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For what it's worth, I appreciate Microsoft products quite a bit. Without them, I would not have been able to get in to computers in the first place. That appreciation, though, should not sway me toward an emotional attachment that ignores facts and statistics.
Don
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