More Thoughts on Vista and Security

Published: Oct. 5, 2005, 5 a.m.

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\\nComments sparked by an online discussion on Yahoo Groups Taxprofessionals group with Drew Edmundson.\\n

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\\nI wanted to clarify that I didn\'t mean to be completely negative about Microsoft or the responsibilities those of us who are users have to bear for the security issues we face (especially the outbreak of ZOTOB).\\n

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\\nI do expect Vista to become the next dominant operating system and I am cautiously optimistic that Microsoft will choose to force users and developers to pay attention to security. But we still have to be aware of the temptations that exist for Microsoft to back off of this or for users to rebel when they think Vista has "broken" their applications.\\n

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