On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure about that. Folks have complained since the beginning of time that > the OS should be secure, and that Microsoft should do more to secure it.
Cool, let me know when they start! ;-) Seriously, though, signature based anti-virus isn't really anything to do with making the OS more secure. I can't say I really blame Microsoft for wanting to get into the anti-virus market. But the whole monopoly thing means they are limited as to how much "bundling" they can do. Worse (from a anti-trust competition standpoint), they're giving much of their AV product line away for free right now. Dumping a product on the market to force competition out of business is a tried-and-true monopoly strategy, and Microsoft's gotten in trouble for it before. They might even have good intentions this time around (or it might be Stac Electronics all over again), but that doesn't make their new competitors any happier. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
