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[Erick Andrews]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2980936.stm

This is cute.  The BBC gets it right once in a while:

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"It could become like a red rag to a bull," said said
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at
anti-virus firm Sophos. 

"There is already an obsession with Microsoft in
the virus writing community and this could
encourage people to write viruses to try and
subvert it," he said. 

Many of Mr Cluley's customers were surprised 
by Microsoft's decision to enter the anti-virus 
market, he said. 

"People think it is IRONIC [my emphasis] that 
they could be getting fixes from the company that 
built the problems into the software in the first place," 
he said. 

In the mid-nineties Microsoft had a brief 
flirtation with an anti-virus product which 
it bundled with the Windows operating system. 

"It was a disastrous flop and couldn't detect the 
viruses," said Mr Cluley. 
...

"Developers can spend time developing dancing 
paper clips but to combat viruses you have to be 
nimble and focused and the big challenge for 
Microsoft will be whether they can respond 
quickly enough," he said. 

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Erick Andrews