A report claiming that Microsoft's operating system "monopoly" poses a critical security risk to users has drawn harsh criticism from technology professionals. While the group of researchers claimed intellectual and financial independence from outside parties, as well as from their own parent companies. . .
A report claiming that Microsoft's operating system "monopoly" poses a critical security risk to users has drawn harsh criticism from technology professionals. While the group of researchers claimed intellectual and financial independence from outside parties, as well as from their own parent companies, their decision to seek publishing support and include an introduction from the Washington-based Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) - an industry group composed of Microsoft competitors - raised questions about the motivations behind the study.

"This paper can be seen as nothing less than marketing by fear to line the pockets of a handful of large companies," said Jim Prendergast, executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership, an association of technology professionals in Washington. Microsoft is a founding member of the group.

"Cybersecurity is an industrywide problem that will not be solved by malicious finger-pointing and political attacks."

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