Microsoft: Buy new Windows & online security will be improved dramatically
According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Microsoft CTO Craig Mundie said,
the online security of the world's computer networks would be improved dramatically if consumers and companies bought the latest versions of Microsoft's Windows software.
Mr. Mundie said roughly 300 million computers world-wide run Windows versions that are at least two generations old, produced before Microsoft could anticipate some Internet threats.
Such an upgrade would cost hundreds of dollars for each computer.
"If everybody ran the newest version of Windows, we'd be way better off today," he said. "We have no way to go require businesses or consumers to go ditch their old machines."