[ Thanks to rich
for this link. ]
“I would like to take this opportunity to publish an open plea
to Microsoft: Try honesty. I know how difficult and scary it can be
to venture into uncharted territory. But try it. Trust me. Do it
for your old pal Nick.”
“I offer this advice to Microsoft because it is increasingly
apparent that its reputation for dishonesty does more damage to the
company than do the problems with its products.”
“Take the Windows 2000 test server, for example. Microsoft set
up a Web server at www.windows2000test.com and challenged people to
break in to it. What followed was one of the most embarrassing
weeks Microsoft has ever suffered through.”