Microsoft vs. Computer Security

ArieKremen writes "The Slate has a piece written for the average user attempting to explain why Windows is `still` grappling with security issues. Although Gates made security and privacy top priority four years ago, not much progress has been made." From the article: "Microsoft customers haven't stopped worrying. A year later, Windows was hit with several nasty worms, including Slammer, Sobig, and Blaster. The viruses caused major traffic bottlenecks throughout the world, which cost tens of billions of dollars to clean up. Vulnerabilities deemed 'critical' have forced the company to release an almost unending stream of patches and fixes to the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer." An interesting look at the whole issue.

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Re:What is this?

[freedom_india]

I see... Why don't you try and hack into my Mac OS X with Brickhouse enabled? eh?
Why don't you try your buffer overflow techniques, malformed URL and WMF bugs (i run VNC) on my Mac OS X?
You won't - Because you WILL fail.
When there is a 90% chance that an action is bound to fail, the incentive for trying out that action is gone.
When there is a 90% chance that the action is bound to succeed, the incentive is quite strong.
Windows ! Inherently Insecure