From the Dark Side--M$ Security Plan is Stop a Virus before it Gets to Windows

according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as reported in this CNet article. Hmmm...does that mean that M$ can still produce an OS that resembles Swiss cheese from a security standpoint? The best way to stop a virus before hitting the internet, in our opinion, is to diversify the OS base globally so that hackers who write such afflictions will be too discouraged by their negligible impact to do so anymore. Hey, Steve! Great idea.

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