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Microsoft Plans To Sell Anti-Virus Software
EvilCowzGoMoo writes "From the makers of our favorite OS comes: Anti-Virus! Yes you heard me right. According to an article on Reuters.com Microsoft is developing its own brand of anti-virus software. Asked if that would hurt sales of competing products, such as Network Associates' McAfee and Symantec's Norton family of products, Nash (chief of Microsoft's security business unit) said that Microsoft said that it would sell its anti-virus program as a separate product from Windows, rather than including it in Windows. My only question is: If they can't seem to patch their OS fast enough, what makes them think they can keep their AV software up to date?"
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I mean, you buy their OS software and it has lousy security allowing thousands of viruses to easily infiltrate your computer unless you have virus protection installed. They are seemingly incapable of writing a secure version of their operating system - and their attempt at it got delayed again recently I think.
Now they are going to market a line of Anti-Virus software to help treat their buggy insecure OS.
What possible incentive will there be for Microsoft to tighten up the security on their OS? If the OS department is sucessful in making a secure version of the next windows, they wipe out the market for the Anti-virus department - and possibly end the new product line.
This is rather like a used car lot knowingly selling me a car with severe mechanical problems that they didn't appraise me of at the time of sale, then offering to fix those problems for an additional fee as soon as I have bought it. In most places that would be considered a Con Job I think...
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