CNet has a good article discussing the evolution of Microsoft's security/vulnerability response. I couldn't help thinking things like, "Why did it take them so long to realize that there was a problem that they had to do something about?"
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December 4th, 2007
"Microsoft says Vista's piracy rate is half that of XP." Duh! They had to let vendors keep offering XP on new computers because so many people didn't want Vista. Who's gonna steal it?
Actually, it reminds me of a cartoon in the back of New Scientist some 30 years ago. It concerned a fictional company that produced "NuFoods" with names like Chisp and Cheem, made from ... well, let's not go there. The dialogue went something like this:
"Some vendors are actually displaying NuFoods at the front of the store in preference to their own brands."
"They're selling well, then?"
"... Actually, they're hoping people will shoplift them."
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