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Microsoft and Monocultures: The Rebuttal

Another shot has been fired in the ongoing battle over whether Microsoft's near monopoly on desktop operating systems makes it easier for worms and viruses to cause "cascading failures" that threaten the nation's infrastructure (see "Bullying the Monopoly," Tech Talk, December 2003, for more on this debate). Link to Is Microsoft a Threat to National Security? The Effect of Technology Monocultures on Critical Infrastructure via SM Online.

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