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Story: Europe fears Microsoft's security push

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Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 29 September 2006, 4:32 PM)

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Microsoft is right to focus on the marketplace, which demands that it provide a good secure (or whatever they're selling) product.

By virtue of the EC's reasoning, virtually anything the comnpany produces will need some sort of Commission thumbs-up. Look at the WMP-less version of Windows to get an idea of how successful the Commission has been in this stead - only 1700 copies sold (mostly for souvenirs).

The industry should be concerned that we're letting regulators have such sway. It's the behemoth that sits in the cross-hairs now - it's others (not so much) later.

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