Microsoft a weak link in national security
Posted: 19 Jun 2010, 09:25
"Microsoft has vast resources, literally billions of dollars in cash, or liquid assets reserves. Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise of market dominance with low-quality goods."
Who wrote those lines? Steve Jobs? Linux inventor Linus Torvalds? Ralph Nader? No, the author is former White House adviser Richard A. Clarke in his new book, Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About I
In Norway the police Window's system was hacked too.
Considering this it really is surprising that Windows is used in these critical areas. Good lobbying and a lot of money should end at national security.
The threat from Microsoft to stop cooperating with the government if they picked Linux, which they preferred, is working even in the US. It will sure work in other countries too.
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