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4.7.2004
Network Effects
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Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, just delivered a speech on computer security. In the course of the Q&A, he noted, with perhaps a certain wryness, that Microsoft's policy is to provide security patches gratis even to people whose software is pirated. Insecure machines do harm to all, so the crucial thing must be to get the flaws fixed.
The three rules of security: firewalls; up-to-date patches; up-to-date virus protection. Most computers do not meet these.
posted by James DeLong : 4/7/2004 02:02:59 PM
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