Intel Vulnerabilities Play Right Into Microsoft’s Hands (Premium)

The revelations about Meltdown and Spectre are like a slow-moving train wreck that just keeps getting worse. And while we will be debating, and dealing with, the ramifications of these security issues for months if not years, I'm more interested in how Microsoft has managed to come out on the other side looking vindicated, and on a number of levels.
Trustworthy Computing
In 2002, Microsof...