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But the headline has very little relevance to the article
Microsoft will share information about security problems with government agencies as part of its efforts to slow the spread of open source software.

Under the Security Cooperation Program, Microsoft will advise participating government agencies on network security issues in an effort to try to anticipate or mitigate security lapses, said Gerri Elliott, corporate vice president of Microsoft's worldwide public-sector unit.

Governments will get information on existing security flaws as well as advanced information on upcoming product patches, which also means getting information on vulnerabilities before the general public does.

Security has been a headache for customers large and small. In the Government Security Program, Microsoft agreed to allow countries to examine the company's source code as a way to allay fears that "backdoors" might exist that could compromise security.
The excerpt I cut out of the article is about the only portion that even deals with security. The rest of this article has very little to do with the subject. Most of the article was either about how Microsoft was trying to stem the spread of the cancerous opensourse revolution. The remainder was about how opensource was trying to emerge in larger markets.

The highlight and irony of the article is that Microsoft is releasing their source code to fight open source.
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Sometimes all you have to read is the headline...  nucrash | 02/02/05
Took the words straight outta my mouth!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
HEY!! Who else has such extensive knowledge of  Laff | 02/02/05
They are going to show them to OSX or Linux?  ITGuy04 | 02/02/05
Nice FUD!  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Re: Nice FUD  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
I agree  NonZealot | 02/02/05
No FUD, just FACTS.  ITGuy04 | 02/02/05
Home users run IIS?  NonZealot | 02/02/05
*cough* bulls--- *cough*  Chad_z | 02/02/05
Oops, someone has lousy reading comprehension!  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Good Advice - wrong conclusions  Roger Ramjet | 02/02/05
We'll agree to disagree  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Ah...but what are your computer using habits? And  Laff | 02/02/05
Good questions  NonZealot | 02/02/05
I think you missed one point I was trying to make.  Laff | 02/02/05
Laff: I think I understand now, thank you  NonZealot | 02/02/05
You are correct. However we probably both can agree  Laff | 02/02/05
It is to laff.......:)  Laff | 02/02/05
But the headline has very little relevance to the article  nucrash | 02/02/05
Security  TTGIT Guy | 02/02/05
Actually...  nucrash | 02/02/05
If they do they are keep quiet (NT)  voska | 02/02/05
Another head line reads...  Nullifidian | 02/02/05
Gee...  BitTwiddler | 02/02/05
To difficult and expensive...Much easier to trash talk  Laff | 02/02/05
It worked in the past  nucrash | 02/02/05
Well to be fair ...  Laff | 02/02/05
Who are you talking about?  NonZealot | 02/02/05
A matter of perspective  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
In all fairness  DemonX | 02/02/05
Agreement factor, 99.999%  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
The real problem is...  rapson | 02/02/05
rapson: Very nice point!  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Now be fair dude! MS has been doing the FUD thing  Laff | 02/02/05
And that makes it okay?  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Nope..just human nature.  Laff | 02/02/05
Actually...  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
There are idiots on both sides for sure  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Non?Zealot  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
Yeah Knife Man!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Q: Has IE ever been sucessfully attacked on OSX?  Roger Ramjet | 02/02/05
Different programs  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Why don't they just fix their trash.  bjbrock | 02/02/05

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