Bellyaching & refusing to sign the cheques isn't enough on it's own.
"We need to agitate internally within our organizations to stop buying from vendors who don't have a strong public – and practical – commitment to security."
Techies agitating against shit solutions has always happened, and always will, and I don't think any evidence that it has had a significant impact on purchasing habits across the industry at large. At the end of the days while techies grumble the PHBs are out playing golf with the salesdroids and signing the cheques.
"We need to stop buying consumer gear from companies that refuse to pay more than lip service to security. We need to show that we will use our wallets with purpose, not merely convenience."
So you've stopped paying the vendor for crapware, are you going to close your business down while you wait for the vendor to produce something decent - or are you going to run an alternative ? For folks who like to stay in business the only answer is to find an alternative, so these people need viable alternatives, and they need to know they exist if change is going to happen. They also need less FUD in the form of articles telling people that there are no viable alternatives to sticking with the same flawed product lines they already use.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
