"Encourages" is key
Now you know, and should presume that I know, that to administer any complex system well takes competent people. Software isn't somehow special or different, it is just another example.
However Microsoft's marketing message is that its software is easy to learn, easy to administer, you just have to run an all-Microsoft shop and always keep up with the latest and greatest. This is not a marketing message that is consistent with encouraging organizations to develop good security procedures. It is, however, a message that makes Microsoft a lot of money.
Now before we leave this topic, please answer two questions. The first is, "What is your estimate of how many Microsoft organizations really need people like you, but don't have them and don't understand why they should?" The second is, "Do you really think that this number has anything to do with Microsoft's ongoing advertising about its products?"
Cheers,
Ben
