>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1358058,00.asp
>With vulnerabilities in its newest—and supposedly more secure—products piling up and users growing more frustrated with patches and updates, Microsoft Corp. is launching an effort to re-energize its Trustworthy Computing campaign.
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>Are users really getting frustrated over security? Maybe I'm immune to it all. But I don't think anyone around my office has ever made a security centric complaint, and I know none of my customers running Microsoft OSs have never brought it up to me.
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>Lately I've been under the impression that security is way too over rated in the industry. I do think that its a good thing for Microsoft to be pulled into the security circus, but there are down sides. They look worse for it when its really a non-issue to most people, and in some cases the usability and functionality of their software suffers by changing their products to accomodate complaints (which, interestingly enough has resulted in more complaints that I can actually attest to).
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>Anyone care to chime in some personal experiences or something?

What one reads in international news, about companies (and entire countries!) moving to open-source, the usual reasons stated are usually: 1) the cost, 2) the fact that MS quickly discontinues old versions, thus forcing users to upgrade. So, while people are concerned about security, I haven't seen it yet as a stated reason for changing to open-source - or at least, not as the major reason.