In article , Alan wrote:
Why do Microsoft products need so many security updtes? Surely
after 10 years of development simple programs such as OE and
IE should be shipped free of bugs?

Because MS's instinctive answer to the question "Wouldn't it be
cool if" [e.g. any old program could grab your email address
list] is Yes, whilst pragmatists would answer No

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