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Re: [News] Microsoft to Kill Its Former Partners


"Geico Caveman" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:44c51071$0$573$b45e6eb0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oliver Wong wrote:


"Geico Caveman" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:44c4e20f$0$576$b45e6eb0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

1. More security flaws in Windows Vista. 2. Death of Microsoft's rivals in the Windows security business as they would not know as much about the flaws as Microsoft would.

Actually, 1 and 2 are sort of contradictory too. There's two possibilities:

    (A) Microsoft is competent at fixing their own security flaws.
    (B) Microsoft is not competent at fixing their own security flaws.

    If (A) is true, that implies (1) is NOT true.
    If (B) is true, that implies (2) is NOT true.


You are neglecting the conflict of interest. It is possible that A is true,
but then Microsoft might not want to (now that they have something to gain
from existence of flaws).

You're right, let me rephrase it then:

(A') Microsoft fixes their own security flaws cheaply, and in a timely manner.
(B') Microsoft does not fix their own security flaws cheaply, and in a timely manner.


   If (A') is true, that implies (1) is NOT true.
   If (B') is true, that implies (2) is NOT true.

- Oliver


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