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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mozek who wrote (45085)	5/23/2000 3:43:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

mozek, If I didn't make myself clear, I will do so now. I am speaking specifically of the Windows legacy desktop systems, of which there are 10's of millions in existence. You and I both know that they are not secure desktop systems. M$FT has done absolutely nothing to improve the security of these systems. Putting out bulletins about viruses and recommending that users "be careful" about what they open doesn't cut it. Cyber-terrorism works because it breeds FEAR and users are not going to use the internet to buy things or store things if they are afraid of break-ins. The figures I'm using came from an article I read yesterday. I'll try to unearth it for you. It stated that Windows O/S's had 45,000 viruses infect them while MAC/OS had only 15, and Unix systems 4 or 5. The internet economy is not going to flourish if M$FT decides to bind its customers to an unsecured O/S then tries to pass the buck on security flaws. It's just giving the whole industry a black eye and it needs to stop. Since M$FT mgmt never does anything wrong, I don't expect any action from them. It'll have to come from the outside somehow. My suggestion of a buyout, I think is a good one. Mozek, I'm not trying to insult anyone, so I hope it doesn't come across that way. cheers, cherylw