Microsoft May Charge for Security Tools

rscrawford writes "CNN reports that Microsoft may charge extra for security software. So first they edge their competition out of the browser market, then they tie IE into the OS so tightly that a crash in IE can crash the computer, and then they make IE so vulnerable that just using it is hazardous to the typical computer's health, and now they want to CHARGE users to fix it?"

Comments

Re:Once again, Microsoft blames the users.

[zulux]

You can't connect to the network to download SP2 without risking the computer.

Sure you can.

No you can't - in SP1 and below, the firewall gets put in place after the network interface is brought up. In face, the firewall is almost the last thing to initialize during the XP boot process.

Depending on your boot time, there can be few minutes where your computer is vulnerable.

Enjoy!