Microsoft's official response to the Google demarche

“Yesterday, there was some discussion about Windows security and whether or not one particular company would reduce the use of our operating system,” says the official Microsoft blog. “We decided that this is a good opportunity to dot the i's.”

In this story there is a certain subtext that is difficult not to notice. For those who do not know, you can look at this article on Mashable about how a couple of months ago Yale University refused to switch to Gmail (as well as to the Google Apps for Education package), citing security and privacy issues.

When it comes to security, even hackers admit that we work best to make our products the most secure in the market. And not only hackers, but also influential independent players, industrial leaders , such as Cisco, regularly tell us that our efforts and the volume of investments for these goals are greater than anyone else. This article in InfoWorld discusses how vulnerable Macs are to the most dangerous malware, as well as Apple’s future global security problems. Microsoft considers the safety of its users a top priority.

The official Microsoft report also lists a number of Windows security technologies that they are working hard on. We left these factoids without translation.