Microsoft's Message on Vista Security
Microsoft (MSFT) is heralding the launch of its new operating system, Vista, as a "new day for business." It better be, say the legions of Microsoft users who remember all too well days past, when malicious code writers relentlessly, and successfully, attacked the company's popular products. They brazenly created bugs that tore through security holes in Microsoft's operating system and Internet browser, taunting Chairman Bill Gates with messages such as, "Billy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"
With Vista, Microsoft hopes it can do both. Microsoft designed Vista with security at the forefront, going so far as to challenge top security professionals in August to find flaws. Several vulnerabilities were exposed as a result, and Microsoft execs promised fixes.
