In a recent post on the Microsoft Developer Network blog, Austin Wilson, director of Windows client security product management at Microsoft, dismissed a claim made last week by security vendor PC Tools Software that Windows Vista was more vulnerable to malware than Windows 2000.
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista is 37% more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed today, a rate it hinted was disappointing. Using different data collection techniques, Microsoft has recently asserted that Vista is 60% more secure than XP.
After finding a few last-minute problems with Vista Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft delayed deployment on both of them. Now they’re both back and ready for download, either manually or through Windows Update.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says sales of Windows Vista have been “rapid”, with more than 140 million copies sold worldwide. Gates, speaking in Tokyo, said the figure represented “a very rapid sales rate,” according to a Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Despite the sales figures, Microsoft has admitted to struggling with the public’s perception of Vista. Windows XP, Vista’s 7-year-old predecessor, is still popular among both businesses and consumers.
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