From: "Jeff A. Gehlbach" <jeffg@hiwaay.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 07:02:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: .PWL Spin
Message-ID: <9512160238.AA15186@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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At 02:01 PM 12/15/95 -0600, you wrote:
>According to rumor, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com said:
>> On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Joel McNamara wrote:
   <SNIP>
>> What would make a University less secure than a corporation??
>
>1) Usually more net connected hosts.
>2) Lack of adequate sysadmin attention/knowlege.
>3) Vague and poorly enforced site security policies.

IMHO Microsoft has no concern about the security of any university; educational institutions will standardize on whatever OS the majority of their students are familiar with (=Windows whatever).  

No, the big priority in Redmond is winning (and keeping) corporate customers.  A corporation can standardize around whatever the management likes.  A large Virginia-based metals corporation recently standardized on the M$ Office suite with little regard to the hundreds of users who had already effectively entrenched with WordPerfect.

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