Microsoft 'Trustworthy Computing' Turns 10

gManZboy writes "Bill Gates fired off his famous Trustworthy Computing memo to Microsoft employees on Jan. 15, 2002, amid a series of high-profile attacks on Windows computers and browsers in the form of worms and viruses like Code Red and 'Anna Kournikova.' The onslaught forced Gates to declare a security emergency within Microsoft, and halt production while the company's 8,500 software engineers sifted through millions of lines of source code to identify and fix vulnerabilities. The hiatus cost Microsoft $100 million. Today, the stakes are much higher. 'TWC Next' will include a focus on cloud services such as Azure, the company says."

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Re:Microsoft Succeeded

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

Since this is Slashdot, I expect the above well-written post to be marked flamebait within 10 minutes, because it dared to speak well of Microsoft.

I wonder if it's David Sell that typed that...


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Re:Microsoft Succeeded

[SJHillman]

Thank you for including that dollar sign in place of S every time you abbreviate Microsoft. Not only did I not realize they were a for-profit company, I also did not realize the depth of your creativity. You have truly opened my eyes. Now let's see if we can change the characters used to spell Open Source to hint at Stallman. Maybe give it a beard and surround it with flies?

Re:Microsoft Succeeded

[h4rr4r]

So this is your only comment with a new account?

So does it hurt to shill that hard?

I agree with the top 3 paragraphs, but please don't spam forums.