Microsoft Working With Security Vendors

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. "

Comments

Is anyone suprised

[Anonymous Coward]

And this is suprising how? Play with the devil...

World Domination

[New Breeze]

So MS was considering leveraging Vista for world domination... Who here is surprised?

A trickle...

[Gription]

They give them SOME of the info they need...
3 months before the OS releases in stores.

I'm sure that they can write a completely new release-ready product in 3 months. Plenty of time for coding, testing and maybe even a beta release...

Yeah, right.
Microsoft makes sure they have an advantage.

"Some"?

[k33l0r]

"Some of the information"? So not all? Will this information be useful or will it be an empty gesture to try and make Microsoft look like a well behaved and caring company?

Why MS never can do it right?

[atchijov]

So MS try to do "right-thing" by hardening Vista. Due to they arrogance they ignored all 3-rd party security companies while doing it. Now they figure out that they can not ignore them after all. So instead of having properly designed 3-rd party integration APIs they will try to put together something quick -- and most likely undo at least some of the "right-things" in the process.

I look forward to that...

[briancnorton]

I really do look forward to a day when a software vendor takes responsibility for the proper functioning of their software. IMHO, Mcaffee, symantec, etc shouldn't exist. They are able to get by because of Microsoft's sloppiness. I don't blame MS one bit for trying to correct years of negligence. (I do blame them for those years of negligence) Making Microsoft Windows work shouldn't have to be a competitive industry, Microsoft SHOULD monopolize that.