This story is Microsoft's response to Apples statement that some iPods had viruses is partially to do with the fact taht Windows is a very insecure and easy to infect system.

Apparently Microsoft believes the rampant virus issues that ALL companies who use Windows has to constantly battle (my work had a major virus issue a few weeks ago) leaves Apple to be solely to blame:

Security professionals, including Microsoft's own product release virus scanning chief, called Apple's efforts to deflect blame onto Microsoft misleading and said the batch of factory-infected iPods reveals a troubling lack of thoroughness in the company's manufacturing process.

Interesting. A couple weeks ago it was found that several thosand Windows based MP3 players given out for free by McDonnalds & Coke in Japan were all infected with a virus as well. I'm assuming this must be Apples fault, because none of the blame can rest on Windows, as this guy states Windows had nothing to do with the virus.

And, damn, Apple must have walked into my work a couple weeks ago and infected our systems which shut several departments down for two days while a clean-up was being done. But again, this isn't a Windows issue, becasue Windows cannot be blammed...

Well, I guess if we really wanted to stop the threat of all these viruses, shutting down Apple would do it. Because the day they shut down is the day viruses will no longer effect Windows based systems...