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GOOD news: Microsoft joins the antivirus industry

Written by Rob Rosenberger, 6/23/2004

Hear me out! If Micro­soft sells anti­virus pro­ducts, the com­puting world will literally turn into a much safer place. How could we not want this to happen?

THE FOLKS IN Redmond have long envied the antivirus industry for its ability to (1) issue hundreds of security updates per year, per product, without complaint from either the users or the media; and (2) include fixes for critical security holes in their products without telling the users about it.

Here's the question. If you'll let antivirus firms patch security flaws in their products without your knowledge -- and you do let them! -- then why won't you let Microsoft do the same thing?

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