[ale] Experts: Reliance On Microsoft A Danger To National Security

[f.g.robertson at alexiongroup.com (F. Grant Robertson)]

Finally someone is saying it.. please let there be more to come..

http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=44741

"Microsoft's monopoly threatens consumers in a number of ways, it it's clear it is now also a threat to our security, our safety, and even our national security."  - Ed Black, CEO of CCIA

Enterprises, organizations, and government agencies must wake up to the fact that there are ramifications to their decisions to buy Microsoft, added Schneier. "Because everyone's buying it, there are security implications to your decision to buy what everyone else is buying. You need to take that into consideration." 

"When the government uses a product whose monopoly position undermines its security, anti-trust becomes a national security issue," said Geer

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