  As you probably know, Microsoft's Windows operating systems are not the best secured systems in the world.
However, Bill Gates made a promise that over the next 12 months security will become Microsoft's strength in both the client side, Windows XP and the upcoming Windows Longhorn and the server side, Windows Server 2003. On the server side, Microsoft is concentrating on spam and virus protection. It would be nice for the Windows updates to be gone and there be no holes.
In 1985 beleive it or not Bill Gates begged to callaborate with Apple but Apple turned Bill down. However at the time Apple was the leader in the computing world. Bill then turned to plan b: Windows. Bill blew up. Apple is about to make the same mistake with RealNetworks. RealNetworks asked Apple to release it's digital rights management (drm) and Apple declined. So RealNetworks found a way to use it themselves. Now RealNetworks' RealPlayer is now compatible with Apple's iPod.
Now iPod users have a choice of what music store they want to use instead of being limited to Apple's iTunes. 
