I can see Ipswitch in a major software rewrite of Imail eliminating the ability for a hook which would effectively eliminate declude. I think the code probably does need a major rewrite because of the ongoing process issues. However, that is likely a pretty significant investment and I suspect it is hard for Ipswitch to justify - ever.
The integrated virus scanner appears to really be a gateway type solution that sits in front of imail on a separate port. So it is probably some sort of joint venture arrangement between two companies that can share revenues on an already mol stable product without spending a lot of money on authoring, testing, and so on. And from Ipswitch's pov there is the ongoing support fee which appears to be a hallmark of their marketing. I can even see a market for the product and I doubt that market would hurt declude any. I think it is more likely that the virus scanner producers will try to prevent declude-type solutions by changing licensing, code, or whatever. That is with the probable exception of f-prot which consistently earns more and more respect from me. But probably the largest problem for Ipswitch or virus scanner producers in general is whether they can find a way to actually stay alive in the software publishing business. The sector in general has very few winners and a heap of losers so if one were betting on odds then one should probably be looking at Exchange or a unix mail solution. Terry Fritts This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
