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Security as a Profit Center?
Harry Erwin writes "This article seems to suggest Microsoft is now considering charging for security. I don't mind vendors like Counterpane Internet Security selling security services, but I would prefer operating system vendors to treat security as part of the core functionality of their products, if only because effective security has to be designed into the operating system from the start. This proposal would create a two-tier Internet and probably make things worse rather than better. Security is like public health and education--if you think it's expensive, consider the alternative."
Haven't we ALL already paid for Microsoft security? Trojans, worms, and virii have cost my company a hell of a lot.
Oh, you want the tires that don't explode? They cost extra...
The Right Reverend K. Reid Wightman,
Sounds like vaporware to me.
Next they'll start charging per-mouseclick, so go ahead now and enable the "View as Webpage" setting in Windows Explorer so you can make do with a single-click.
...now promise E coli-free food for an extra fee. A spokesperson for McDonalds said, "Our revenue model doesn't normally lend itself to our being held responsible for the hygenic quality of our food; however, for a fee as disclosed in our End Eater License Agreement, we will make sure your burgers don't carry a horrid, filthy plague."
All's true that is mistrusted
Microsoft Windows XP: $100/license.
Microsoft Office XP: $300/license.
Paying extra for security: Thousands of dollars per site.
Realizing there's a free, secure alternative: Priceless.
Some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Microsoft.
"I may be quite wrong." - Socrates