Four percent of great tech innovations are Band-Aids for viruses/spyware

PC World magazine lists the 50 Best Tech Products of All Time.  Two out of 50 (#24 and #36) are anti-virus or anti-spyware Band-Aids.

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  1. Hub

    April 5, 2007 @ 1:37 pm

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    The big irony would be to have Windows in there too… oh wait it is there at #20.

  2. Jimmy Cricket

    April 6, 2007 @ 2:35 pm

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    Health care seems to be growing to be about 20% of the economy (see http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2006-02-21-health-costs-usat_x.htm). Should it be different for computers?

  3. SuperMike

    April 12, 2007 @ 2:26 am

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    I don’t know, people seem totally annoyed by the built-in non-bandaid approach Vista’s taken, and the really locked-down versions of bsd never were as popular as linux. Useful computers tend to be vulnerable. (Not to say we can’t do better)

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