Software's Challenge

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Bill Gates finally got the message, and now he's delivered it to everyone else at Microsoft. In one of his stake-in-the-ground memos to the company's entire workforce, the chief software architect last week said there must be . a companywide emphasis on developing high-quality code that's available, reliable, and secure- even if it comes at the expense of adding new features. Many IT professionals consider the commitment long overdue and not just from Microsoft. Poor software quality and security remain major problems for many businesses as they grapple with a steady flow of applications, upgrades, and fixes. Carnegie Mellon University's CERT Coordination Center, a security watchdog group, says the number of software vulnerabilities reported last year more than doubled to nearly 2,500.