[ale] Microsoft: security problems hurt sales

[Bob Toxen]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:48:09AM -0500, Tom & JaVonn wrote:
> Bob:

> I attended an M$ TS2 seminar last Thursday, the SBS2003 session.  The FIRST topic discussed was Blaster and their response to it.  Actually the bulk of the show was about their security plans.  The presenter was very openly saying that features drove their development until recently, and now they're faced with the reality of the situation.
M$ still doesn't care about security, IMHO.  They've been promising better
security since at least early 2000 but recent versions of Windows does
not have significantly better security than it did in 2000.  Btw, I was
out of the country for the past week.

> However, the main reason I attended was their promise of telling the faithful "how to sell against Linux", but they never got to that topic.  Perhaps it's covered in the DVD they sent me home with, but I won't know until I get a DVD-capable drive.

> Tom
Bob


> On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:37:01 -0500
> Bob Toxen <bob at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:

> > This article is about Microsoft admitting that security problems in
> > Windows has hurt sales of Windows:
> > 
> >      http://security.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=103844
> > 
> > Microsoft is feeling pressure to do something.  It is not clear whether
> > they will try to solve problems or just talk about solving them.  Despite
> > their security initiative of 2000 and of 2003, the rate of break-ins is
> > about the same.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Bob
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