Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has invited some of the world's best-known computer experts to take a stab at Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system. This tactic is new and a direct result of the embarrassing security snafus they have experienced over the past several years.
This Yahoo.com article goes on to state:
Microsoft has faced blistering criticism for security holes that have led to network outages and business disruptions for its customers. After being accused for not putting enough resources into shoring up its products, the software maker is trying to convince outsiders that it has changed.
"They're going directly to the bear in the bear's lair," says Jon Callas, the chief technology officer at PGP Corp., which makes encryption software and other security products. "They are going to people who don't like them, say nasty things and have the incentive to find the things that are wrong."
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