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Microsoft's Security Dichotomy

Oh, the double-edged sword of security that swings daily in Redmond. On one hand, Microsoft is pumping major resources into its Forefront integrated security suite, the one that 4,000 or so partners are now trying to sell. On the proverbial other hand, though, there's a problem with Internet Explorer 7 (via Firefox, actually), and another one with Excel.

Posted by Lee Pender on July 12, 2007


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