“This really strikes at the heart of Microsoft's message of 'Where do you want to go today, where do you want to go tomorrow,' ... Now they've lost potentially significant competitive advantage in the future.”
“This is a significant loss to Microsoft, both in their reputation as well as the damage that it could cause them with their future product getting out into the wrong hands.”
“We saw [Smash] a few weeks ago and have had protection from it for a while. But what started happening is a couple of the minor anti-virus players in Europe made a fuss about it, even though it's not in the wild. And now it's gotten to the point where we are getting calls from our clients and they were asking what's going on.”
