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Microsoft Silently Backs Favorable Presentation at RSA

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the part-of-the-machine dept.

lildogie writes "Two researchers, from the Florida Institute of Technology and Boston-based Security Innovation Inc., 'surprised the audience at a computer-security convention last month with their finding that a version of Microsoft Windows was more secure than a competing Linux operating system' according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 'This week, the researchers released their finished report, and it included another surprise: Microsoft was funding the project all along.' When will they ever learn?"

3 of 256 comments (clear)

  1. Been there, done that? by bugbeak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Been there, done that.

  2. In Soviet Russia . . . . . by theparanoidcynic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Researcher pays YOU off!

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  3. Re:Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like a bi-sexual.