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Microsoft Working With Security Vendors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seen-the-light dept.

mikesd81 writes "The BBC is reporting on Microsoft's U-Turn. They've now given security vendors some of the information they want to make their products work with Microsoft's new operating system, Vista." From the article: "Earlier this month, security firm McAfee took out a full-page advert in the Financial Times to alert readers to its worries about the way Microsoft was handling the release of its new operating system. 'Microsoft seems to envision a world in which one giant company not only controls the systems that drive most computers around the world but also the security that protects those computers from viruses and other online threats,' the advert said. "

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  1. Oh No! by balsy2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    MS is destroying my revenue stream by making a more secure OS!

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  2. Re:Oblig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, bibles quote you!

    "And the Lord sayeth unto the followers of Portman,
    'Lest ye poureth steaming gryts into thyne trousers,
    Ye shall be stripped and turned to stone...'"

  3. Mark my words... by justinbach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft's security is gonna do a total 360!

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  4. this is dumb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So Microsoft comes out with a system that isn't riddled with (the standard) security holes, and the third-party companies whose bottom line depends on MS incompetence freak out, because they're no longer needed.

    Microsoft can't win for losing.

  5. Good news, but not great news... by jmagar.com · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm glad that Microsoft is being more open, and co-operating more. But I believe the real security improvements are from Microsoft, and the McAffees and Nortons of the world are becoming less relevant. I installed the latest McAfee "security center" on my mother in-law's PC and the system performance was cut damn near in half. The experience has cemented in my mind that an up to date version of Windows with the latest security patches is the right way to go, and that these third party tools are bloatware, and resource hogs. And that the protection they provide is an illusion anyway, since Microsoft patches holes much faster these days anyway. By the time the security vendors have a new identity update, Microsoft has patched the hole... So why waste the time, and money on these things anyway?

    The short answer is that it makes her "feel" more secure. (I'm not sure that she really is though)

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