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  Feds Seek Better Microsoft Security
Time: 09:16 EST/14:16 GMT | News Source: Associated Press | Posted By: Byron Hinson

Government technology officials, tired of security holes in Microsoft's products, are discussing whether to use their collective purchasing power to force changes in the way the software giant does business. Their efforts got a boost Tuesday when consumer activist Ralph Nader joined the cause in a letter to the White House saying that changes in purchasing policy may be more effective and palatable to the administration than antitrust sanctions.

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#1 By 2459 (66.25.124.8) at Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:02:39 AM
I bet the Feds would have loved getting that Linux kernel update that hosed the filesystem.

#2 By 6859 (204.71.100.215) at Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:24:43 PM
Pardon me, but what Nader knows about IT issues could fit in a thimble and leave room to spare. Just becasue he wrote "Unsafe at any speed" decades ago does not make him, or his opinions, currently relevent.





 

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