Date sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:55:32 +1200
From: Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Or maybe CP had already done that
> deal with Microsoft, before the Symantec purchase, so that MS could
> include an AV -- _any_ AV -- in the MS-DOS v5.0 release?
Yup, it was done before the purchase.
> (I heard MS
> wasn't willing to pay very much in royalties for the privilege of
> bundling whatever AV they could get, hence they got the crappiest and one
> of several "obviously failing" products at the time...)
Yup, I remember the very strong rumours of the time, although I never managed
to get confirmation. The price I heard was "free," which CP allegedly agreed
to
because they figured they'd make money on updates. Unfortunately, nobody told
DOS/Windows purchasers that their "free" AV needed signature updates, so CP
didn't make many sales.
> Regardless of whether the CPAV/MS deal was pre- or post-Symantec buyout,
> I'm fairly sure Symantec actually produced detection update files for
> MSAV for a while after it bought CP, but not for long/very regularly.
No for long at all. Support died within months ...
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