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Ted Bridis has written an awesome article about a new computer security industry consortium whose board will "meet" and discuss whether to reveal new security flaws to the industry and government. (Hey! What about the friggin public?!). My favorite quote from the article is:

"....The 19 founders represent some of the industry's largest firms, but they come with historic rivalries. Cisco and Nortel Networks compete bitterly in sales of computer-networking hardware. Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust laws to influence contracts with AT&T and IBM; Oracle has admitted to hiring private investigators to dig through the trash of groups supportive of Microsoft. Can these companies, in an industry known for unusually aggressive executives, ever trust each other?"

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