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Microsoft gambles on Vista security: part two
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Last March, Microsoft grabbed headlines by announcing that Vista would not be available in time 
for the 2006 Christmas shopping season as expected. The firm never gave specific reasons for the miss, but it was a major setback for a product that had already been five years in the works. Microsoft immediately reorganised the platforms and services division responsible for the delay, putting a new executive, Steve Sinofsky, in charge of Windows development.
Privately, several sources familiar with Vista’s development say that concerns over Vista’s security caused the widely publicised slip in the product’s ship date.
In fact, T-shirts reading ‘I caused Vista to slip’ soon became a common sight at Microsoft’s Building 27, home to the Secure Windows Initiative group, to the chagrin of management. The group is responsible for securing Microsoft’s software. "The shirt became very popular on campus," said one source who asked not to be identified. Microsoft gambles on Vista security: part two News - PC Advisor
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