McAfee, Macromedia Flirting With F/OSS Community

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 7, 2005 @12:21PM from the batting-eyes-shuffling-feet dept.

xbsd writes "Those computer industry specialists claiming that the end of Linux is fast approaching may be interested in two recent movements inside the industry. Two weeks ago, McAfee, one of the world leaders in computer security products, launched its first commercial antivirus solution for Linux, and just yesterday, Macromedia announced that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation and plans to deliver a next-generation rich Internet application (RIA) development tool code-named Zorn based on the popular open-source IDE."

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Anti-Virus by ThisIsFred · 2005-06-07 12:26 · Score: 5, Informative

By the way, the most effective and affordable AV program of the Windows world, namely Grisoft's AVG, already runs on Linux. Prepare for competition, McAfee!

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Fred

"A fool and his freedom are soon parted"
-RMS
Macromedia? by Conception · 2005-06-07 12:28 · Score: 5, Informative

By Macromedia, you mean Adobe right? Super F/OSS friendly Adobe.
Re:Virus by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-07 12:32 · Score: 5, Informative

To scan for Windows viruses. You can use it on
samba file servers in a windows network, for example.