Chills at Microsoft's security huddle
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| Microsoft likes to keep its friends close--and now that security
| companies are its foes, it may well want to keep those even closer.
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| Microsoft has touted Vista, slated for broad release in January, as its
| most secure operating system ever [1,2].
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| That individual expressed concern about the purpose of the event, in light
| of the new rivalry. Perhaps Microsoft used the event to gather
| information that could help its security products and beat outt
| he incumbents, the researcher suggested. "Is this brain-picking?"
| the researcher asked. "Microsoft is slowly moving towards the
| kill."
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[1] Symantec Says Windows Vista Will be Less Secure than XP
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3389
[2] Symantec Finds Flaws In Vista's Network Stack
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/190700049;jsessionid=MWLALDT21M10GQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN
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