Exactly three years later this month, Geer insists that the risks associated with Microsoft’s virtual monoculture remain the same, but a quick glance at the future direction of the world’s largest software maker gives Geer a sense of “total vindication.”Indeed, three years ago on Sept. 24, Geer penned “CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly,” a 25-page report he co-authored with a who’s who of computer security experts, including celebrated cryptographer Bruce Schneier and intrusion detection systems specialist Rebecca Bace.
IT Wrestles with Microsoft Monoculture Myopia Ryan Naraine, eWeek, September 10, 2006
In many ways, nothing has changed: Windows still runs on more than 90% of all end-user systems, and buying Microsoft is like buying IBM used to be. Continue reading