__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 18 November 2006 18:43 \__
> "A massive legal campaign against malicious software launched by a
> grass-roots, anti-hooligan software federation on Friday suffered its
> first blow as a Beijing court ruled in favour of the software
> provider"
>
> http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/18/content_736553.htm
I can't recall where I read this, but there's probably a multi-billion
industry in China which relies on security problems in Windows. Many people
make money out of other people's misery, but all in all, this does not
benefit society. Here's one perspective...
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/08/04/windows-jobs/
Of course, there's more to that...
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
For context:
US lost $8 billion to computer crime
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| Consumer reports' latest "State of the Net" survey has revealed that
| US punters lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to
| viruses, spyware and con tricks.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33554
That's tax money for the Americans. How about us? Who knows, but it should
scale similarly. Add stories like these to the equation.
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| > The players under the microscope .. Accenture, Microsoft, iSoft
| >
| > http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2058194,00.asp
| >
| >
| > "Microsoft .. is working particularly closely with iSOFT on the
| > development of Lorenzo, the core clinical solution .. being built on
| > Microsoft's .Net web services technology"
| >
| > http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=700
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More links:
NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings
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| NHS National Services Scotland forecasts it will save up to £8m over
| three years from a new procurement deal with Microsoft
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/scottish_nhs_microsoft_procurement_deal/
Microsoft in the NHS
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| Microsoft is one of the key technology firms in the £6.2 billion NHS
| IT programme. It is working particularly closely with iSOFT ...
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http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/index.cfm?ID=69
Accenture escapes £1bn penalty for NHS walk-out
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| Accenture, the IT and consultancy firm has avoided huge penalty fees for
| withdrawing from the UK National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/accenture_nhs_penalty/
Accenture: NHS failure is 'track record for success'
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| After months of negotiations, Accenture handed contracts worth £2bn over
| to rival Computer Sciences Corporation after getting paid just £110m
| for spending a third of the allotted 10 years on the job. Its hand had
| been forced by losses of $450m it was set to make on the deal this
| year.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/09/28/accenture_failure_success/
CfH refutes computer failure claims
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| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
|
| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/
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