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Will Microsoft Control the Anti-Spyware Market?

Posted by Cliff on from the profiting-from-their-own-flaws dept.

jasondubya asks: "With all the recent publicity of Microsoft's new Anti-Spyware product, I wonder if there will be any room in the market for other companies? After recent comparisons between with current market leaders showed large failings in their products, do they stand a chance against the behemoth that is Microsoft?"

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  1. Why not? by Smidge204 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They already control the Spyware market, so logically they have the most experience with it...

    Seriously, if MS's Antispyware app DOESN'T fail just as bad as the other products in the long run, then that's some pretty good conspiracy fodder..

    1) Become market leader in desktop and workstation software, but allow tons of security problems to get exploited until the problem reaches epedemic proportions

    2) Develop (or in this case, aquire and modify) additional software to fix the problem you created in the first place

    3) Profit!
    =Smidge=

  2. The more you tighten your grip, Gates,... by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...the more computer systems will slip through your fingers.

    The Linux installer. The ultimate remover for malicious spyware.

    Bob-

    --
    The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics