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| DATE | 2003-09-19 |
| FROM | Adam Kosmin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Balmer: MS is being ripped off by the net
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"Shield Technology"
ROTLMFAO!
Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com) wrote:
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" Ballmer: 'Thieves, con artists' attacking Microsoft By Ina Fried Staff
" Writer, CNET News.com http://news.com.com/2100-1002-5076903.html
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" SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer warned
" Monday that recent security vulnerabilities represent a "new and growing
" challenge to innovation" and conceded that his company is under attack
" from "thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers."
"
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" Ballmer: Humbled by the worm Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft In response,
" the Redmond, Wash., software giant plans to develop new means for
" thwarting such attackers and aims to shut down the invasions before they
" wreak the havoc seen with recent viruses such as MSBlast.
"
" "The most important technology area we are focused on is shield
" technology," Ballmer said in a speech to the Churchill Club, a gathering
" here of Silicon Valley businesspeople. "We know bad guys keep writing
" viruses. The goal is to block them before they get on PCs. " News.context
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" What's new: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company is developing
" "shield technology" to thwart PC invasions before they wreak the havoc
" seen with recent viruses such as MSBlast.
"
" Bottom line: Ballmer is the latest Microsoft executive to acknowledge
" that the company's grand Trustworthy Computing initiative, launched more
" than a year ago, has failed to stop disruptive attacks.
"
" For more info: Track the players
"
" Such technology has traditionally been the domain of antivirus software
" makers, but Ballmer stressed that he wants to work more closely with
" companies such as Symantec and Network Associates.
"
" "This is an industrywide problem that must be fought not only by
" Microsoft," Ballmer said, noting that it is not just the software
" giant's operating system that is threatened, but also other areas of
" network infrastructure that are at risk, including routers, databases
" and Internet service provider connections. In June, Microsoft purchased
" GeCad Software, a Romanian maker of antivirus software.
"
" Ballmer said he understands that customers expect more from his company.
"
" "Many of our customers are feeling the pain," he said. "We have to raise
" the bar on the quality of products when it comes to security."
"
" In particular, Ballmer said Microsoft must improve the way it distributes
" and manages the software patches that it uses to update its operating
" system and other programs. The software maker also is looking for ways
" to involve other companies in what it calls the "post processing" of
" its code--that is, looking through existing programs for vulnerabilities
" and using the latest viruses to see if they point to other flaws.
"
" "There is still a lot of work ahead of us," he said.
"
" The one thing Microsoft can't do, Ballmer said, is stop innovating. "In
" the old West, the banks didn't shut down when there were robberies. They
" improved the banks. They improved the law enforcement."
"
" In a sense, though, Microsoft already has tried that tactic. Early last
" year, the company halted development of its key products while it went
" line by line through its latest code to look for security bugs. That
" effort, which pulled more than 8,500 programmers from their usual task
" of developing new versions of Windows, has met with only mixed success.
"
" "There is some evidence of progress," Ballmer said. "Not enough, but
" there is some evidence."
"
" Last week, Microsoft revealed three serious vulnerabilities. Such
" disclosures are a routine occurrence.
"
" Talking up tech In his speech, Ballmer addressed a range of other
" topics, including several Asian countries' efforts to develop a Windows
" competitor. "I don't think it's likely to prove useful," Ballmer said. "I
" don't think it's going to wind up being the big competitor we see--even
" in those markets."
"
" He also touched on Apple Computer's position in the marketplace. "Apple
" is doing some good, innovative work," he said.
"
" In particular, Ballmer cited the work that Apple and Lucent Technologies
" did in 1999 to make wireless networking broadly available with Apple's
" Airport. "It's easy to forget how truly groundbreaking this technology
" was." At the same time, Ballmer noted that Apple doesn't appear to be
" stealing much of the computer market from Windows-based rivals. "I don't
" see their basic position in the market changing."
"
" Ballmer took the opportunity to praise other Silicon Valley tech
" companies, including search king Google and graphics software maker
" Adobe Systems. "Its work on typefaces was one of the most significant
" advances in printing," he said of Adobe.
"
" He commented briefly on how long Microsoft will wait for investments in
" mobile devices, Xbox and MSN to pay off.
"
" "All of best things we have done from a financial perspective have taken
" a long, long time," he said. "We're going to be patient."
"
" As for MSN, Ballmer noted that it is well on its way from transforming
" from a dial-up ISP to a seller of other paid services. Today's paid
" offerings focus on e-mail and storage, but Ballmer promised more to
" come. "You'll see us extend the range of services we offer on MSN."
"
"
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