] Security isn't Microsoft's biggest problem, anyway. Their
] biggest problem is people hate them because of their
] business practices. It takes a while for such feelings to
] reach critical mass, but I believe it is now reaching
] that point. They may have dodged some bullets in the
] antitrust case here in the US, but it left their
] reputation in shreds. Geeks and those in the industry
] already knew Microsoft for what they were, but the
] average guy did not, and when they heard all the evidence
] and Microsoft was found guilty, a sleepy public woke up
] and said to themselves, "They've been doing *that*?"

Groklaw on Ballmer speech