Bad PR

In a Cnet News.com article about Mozilla's Bug Bounty Program, a Microsoft representative actually said, "We don't pay people to fix bugs." Whoops. That does explain a few things about Windows and Internet Explorer, though. He went on to say, "But there are other ways we try to fix security as much as possible." As much as possible? You try? Windows XP costs up to several hundred dollars and is used by most of the world. Just fix the damn bugs and stop making excuses. If Linspire and Mark Shuttleworth can fund Mozilla's bug hunt, I'll assume Microsoft can afford to fix their own security and stability issues.