Re: Microsoft wins Homeland Security Bid ( Reuters)

[northern snowfall <dbailey27 () ameritech net>]

> 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.

http://blessedchildren.virtualave.net/mssm.jpg

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

http://www.7f.no-ip.com/~north_



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