The point I am missing here - we might not like M$ to have won, but who else could? It is a government, so think big companies. Would you rather it was Symantec or IBM? Or think about the big systems integrators EDS and CSC style <yuk> would that be much better? Smaller players like Veridian or Secureinfo - would we be served any better if they could actually make themselves credible? Nah, don't think so - it was bound to be a big one. Big organizations want big suppliers....
Actually, IBM wouldn't be too bad. Apple would be a great option. Apple has a decent security history, not to mention it runs on top of a great RISC processor. With the introduction of MacOS X, backed by a company with a good consistency for user support, Apple would actually be a good move.
EDS isn't so bad. At least they work closely with RSA and keep their eyes on up-to-date security techniques and vulnerabilities.
Don
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