[plug] [OT] Portentious headline news

[Leon Brooks]

I hit Google News and got these two headines, in order, in the 
Sci/Tech section:

    Microsoft security gets an `F'
    http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-2-2003_pg6_3
    "Trustworthy Computing is failing," Russ Cooper of TruSecure Corp.
    said of the Microsoft initiative. "I gave it a 'D-minus' at the
    beginning of the year, and now I'd give it an 'F'.

    Bush Approves Cybersecurity Strategy
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6320-2003Jan31.html
    Clarke on Thursday also confirmed media reports that he will
    resign after 30 years of public service. His deputy, Howard
    Schmidt, has assumed his duties, Clarke said. [...] Schmidt,
    formerly chief security officer for Microsoft Corp.[...]

Bit of an albatross, that, makes one wonder why, with such a 
catastrophic track record and essentially no knowledge of many kinds 
of security devices, he's got the position...

Cheers; Leon