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."

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MS Business Plan Confirmed

[A5un]

1. Sell Buggy OS & Software
2. ????
3. Profit

The irony about what is/isn't part of Windows

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So, Microsoft says Internet Explorer is an inseperable part of Windows and is not a seperate product (despite it being available on a variety of platforms), but "security"... .nah, that can't be part of Windows.