Microsoft exec: 'we should not have launched OneCare'

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Microsoft exec: 'we should not have launched OneCare'

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Microsoft has said that its OneCare security suite has "a problem" with the underlying antivirus code, and admitted that security is just "a little part of Microsoft".

Speaking to ZDNet UK exclusively at the CeBIT show in Hanover, a senior manager for the software giant said that its consumer security product is far from perfect and that pieces are actually "missing".
"OneCare is a new product ? they shouldn't have rolled it out when they did, but they're fixing the problems now," said Edelmann.

According to the security manager, security is only a small part of what Microsoft does, suggesting it does not have as much security expertise as established security vendors.

"Microsoft is not a security company. Security is important, but it's just a little part of Microsoft," said Edelmann.
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well at least they're admitting it was a mistake to launch when they did.
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