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Re: Microsoft moves beyond patches


From: "J. Race" <caferace () well com>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:03:44 -0700

Frank Knobbe wrote:

The funniest thing in a while.... Microsoft is conceding defeat on the
patch front AND running in the wrong direction:

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5085251.html?tag=st_lh

Somebody please tell them that the days of perimeter defense have come
and passed...

I would be not at all surprised to see Microsoft buy soon the likes of a Linksys, integrate their recent AV acquisition and market a hardware firewall/router and more wifi gear. Not that they won't screw it up but it's all about image anyway, isn't it?

-jim

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