On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Stevenson, Pam wrote:

> To put it bluntly, Outlook sucks, and I have to use it now.  My previous
> employee used Lotus Notes, and nery a virus was to be found.  I figure it's
> because the software isn't widespread, so no one writes bugs for it.

To quote from a friend of mine, computer security guru Bruce Schneier:


     Honestly, security experts don't pick on Microsoft because we have
     some fundamental dislike for the company. Indeed, Microsoft's poor
     products are one of the reasons we're in business. We pick on them
     because they've done more to harm Internet security than anyone else,
     because they repeatedly lie to the public about their products'
     security, and because they do everything they can to convince people
     that the problems lie anywhere but inside Microsoft. Microsoft treats
     security vulnerabilities as public relations problems. Until that
     changes, expect more of this kind of nonsense from Microsoft and its
     products.


Bruce is the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.
http://www.counterpane.com -- he knows his stuff.

                                 Larry

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