A recent Gartner report corroborates what industry observers have known for months: Microsoft's security initiatives are paying off for the software giant, and as customers move to more modern Windows versions such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, they will participate in the benefits as well. Gartner did, however, hedge its bets by chiding Microsoft for blaming many of its security compromises on those who write malicious code, perhaps in a bid to make its otherwise glowing report on Microsoft security seem less one-sided. The report is also careful to cast Microsoft's security improvements in guarded terms.
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