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IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the born-into-a-state-of-sin dept.

thparker writes "As part of the Media Center release discussed previously, Bill Gates had an interview with USA Today. Best quote: 'Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes... Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.' Well now we know -- these problems have all been our own fault." Any counterexamples?

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  1. Re:Antivirus is not a thing you "build in" by darth_MALL · · Score: 1, Troll

    "other oses are secure enough to NOT NEED IT"
    ...for the meantime. Other OS's have the luxury of a very small market share, and thus are not the target of attack. If OSX were #1 I'm sure the attacks would be just a fast and furious. is the responsibility is on the company then?