Rob Pegoraro argues today in the Washington Post that Windows is insecure by design, ports open to all and nary a firewall to be seen. All of which, I think, we knew (he rather also glosses over the fact that it only takes a tiny percentage of naive Windows users to create a huge problem, through sheer force of their numbers).
I like his final paragraph, though. It sums up an important point about the need for Microsoft to do more to protect users. His suggestion? "Microsoft should use some of its $49 billion hoard to mail an update CD to anybody who wants one. At $3 a pop (a liberal estimate), it could ship a disc to every human being on Earth - and still have $30 billion in the bank." Blimey - that would be a mailing almost as large as one of AOL's.
