I found this funny Mail sent by Bill Gates in the early days of 2002. About the goal for MS to focus on decurity


src: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49826,00.html At the same time, we're in the process of training all our developers in the latest secure coding techniques. We've also published books like Writing Secure Code, by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, which gives all developers the tools they need to build secure software from the ground up. In addition, we must have even more highly trained sales, service and support people, along with offerings such as security assessments and broad security solutions. I encourage everyone at Microsoft to look at what we've done so far and think about how they can contribute.
And in the mean time XP SP1 came up ....