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  Don't Rely On Microsoft, Trade Group Urges Homeland Security
Time: 04:43 EST/09:43 GMT | News Source: Yahoo News | Posted By: Alex Harris

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has urged the Department of Homeland Security to reconsider its decision to use Microsoft software on its desktop and server systems, citing "major security failures" created by the raft of vulnerabilities in the Redmond, Wash.-based developer's products.

In a letter written Wednesday by Ed Black, the president and CEO of CCIA and addressed to Secretary Tom Ridge, head of Homeland Security, the trade group--which represents companies in the hardware manufacturing, software developing, system integrating, and other fields--accused Microsoft of being more interested in profits than in security.

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