*>> 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. *
True, but there are a plethora of free AV products already on the market. They're not breaking any new ground here. And it if weren't a fact that many people are still without even basic protection, they wouldn't be able to do this. Plus, they've been providing Windows Defender for a long time, and this is in the anti-malware space (which also has a plethora of free options). *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
