[ale] Microsoft: security problems hurt sales

[pairoftwins at mindspring.com (Tom & JaVonn)]

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.

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
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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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