AltaVista Live/AP: Gates on Split: Worse Viruses

[ Thanks to Rich for this link. ]

"Love Bugs" of the future could be harder to protect against if Microsoft is split in two, company co-founder Bill Gates writes in an essay published in this week's Time magazine."

"New versions of the Windows operating system and Office applications software that could offer protection from outside attacks would "be much harder for computer users to obtain," Gates wrote in "Viewpoint." The issue hits newsstands Monday."

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