Microsoft emphasises security problems
The head of Microsoft Australia has labelled security "the biggest threat to the growth of our company and our industry overall" amid a raft of indications the software heavyweight is struggling to stay on top of the area. Steve Vamos told attendees at an Australian Information Industry Association event in Adelaide yesterday the security issue was "essentially... the only thing that can stop us, in terms of really getting back on track in terms of driving growth in the industry".
He said Microsoft was "engaging every aspect of what we do" in security in an effort to avert the threat it posed to the company and the industry.
Vamos' blunt comments come as Microsoft struggles to deal a raft of flaws uncovered in its Web browser, Internet Explorer, attempts by malicious code writers to disrupt its monthly patching cycle and security researchers' with preparedness to disclose vulnerabilities to all community members at the same time rather than give the vendor some lead time to devise a fix before going public.
The Microsoft Australia boss also launched an assault on the software heavyweight's other bugbear of the moment, competition from Linux and open-source solutions.
