"the SMB server bug is the result of a buffer overflow in Microsoft's code. "
BTW People make a big thing about XP but this SMB stuff is in all versions of Windows.
Remember when MS claimed they'd spent $Bn training their devs to not write insecure code and totally re-written the code base to eliminate these flaws?
How do you know when you're dealing with a monopoly?
Simple. When s**t this serious still does not force CTO level management to think "Maybe I should think about running something else on the desktop?"