Monday, 6. October 2003
Topic: COMPUTER - on October 6, 2003 at 12:14:34 AM CEST
CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly
How the Dominance of Microsoft's Products Poses a Risk to Security. CCIA warned of the security dangers posed by software monopolies during the US antitrust proceeding against Microsoft in the mid and late 1990’s. We later urged the European Union to take measures to avoid a software “monoculture” that each day becomes more susceptible to computer viruses, Trojan Horses and other digital pathogens.
Dr. Daniel Geer, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of AtStake, was fired by AtStake for co-authoring this paper. AtStake is a supplier to Microsoft.
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