Back in January, the industry's collective jaw dropped when an internal e-mail from Bill Gates, clearly intended for wider circulation, announced to the world that security was now the company's number one priority, even ahead of new features. Industry watchers quipped that this could mean no more new Microsoft products. If the company just promised not to deliver insecure products, what could it do, given its apparent inability to deliver any other kind? The press looked at the endless list of patches and service packs, of features switched on that should be off, and other problems, and seized on a new stick to beat the company with.
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