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Microsoft Anti-Spyware to Be Free of Charge
fubar1971 writes "During his keynote speech at the at the RSA Security Conference Bill Gates announced that the MS antispyware will be offered for free. From his speech: 'We've looked hard at the nature of this problem, and made a decision that this anti-spyware capability will become something that's available at no additional charge for Windows users -- both the blocking capability, and the scanning and removal capabilities.' Additional information at Government Computer News." Update: 02/16 16:57 GMT by Z : Microsoft was previously considering charging extra for this service.
... Doctor's who leave sponges and surgical instruments inside you body during an operation will now remove them at no extra cost to you!
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
With it's 7.x version, Red Hat is offering free of charge SSH, an application which encrypts communication between two computers enhancing security
Debian started to include for free a verifier for weak passwords, integrated with "passwd" command.
Novell/Suse, in order to remain competitive, included a firewall in it's Linux kernel, named iptables. No extra charge.
In a special offer, ending never, Mandrake included free of charge Tripware, which checks integrity of the most important system files.
However, none of Linux distributions include a free Spyware or antivirus. Windows is still ahead.