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Turnaround Artist: Microsoft Earns Security Respect

Time: 10:50 EST/15:50 GMT | News Source: InformationWeek | Posted By: Robert Stein

Ten years ago things looked bleak for Microsoft. It was in the aftermath of an antitrust clubbing and faced other legal actions across the globe. As bad as things were, its products still remained dominant in the market. One big problem Microsoft had, which they decided to 'fess up about and address squarely, was security. Bill Gates wrote one of his strategic memos to the company outlining a vision. In 10 years, Gates said, computing would be involved in just about everything we do. Microsoft had been delinquent in assuring the security of its products and this had to change, including the embracing of security throughout the development cycle. January 12 was the 10th anniversary of this memo.