Your bank account has a virus

Your bank account has a virus

By 2005, most ATMs will be running on Windows. Most PocketPCs are Windows. Microsoft is selling a version for cell phones. Most local, state, and federal government agencies run all their computers on Windows. Most businesses run on Windows. The US Navy even has an all-digital ship running on Windows. Yet, Microsoft can’t even stop putting huge security holes in its software.

Doesn’t anybody else think that standardizing every piece of electronic equipment that runs our increasingly digital-dependent society on one bug-ridden, security-flawed operating system is a bad idea?

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