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McAfee, Macromedia Flirting With F/OSS Community

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Oh crap. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean McAfee is going to start releasing virii for linux too?

    1. Re:Oh crap. by FLAGGR · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's spelt dumbassii, duh.

  2. Anti-Virus by ThisIsFred · · 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
  3. Macromedia? by Conception · · Score: 5, Informative

    By Macromedia, you mean Adobe right? Super F/OSS friendly Adobe.

    1. Re:Macromedia? by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Funny

      Macromedia releasing...
      a next-generation rich Internet application (RIA) development tool code-named Zorn

      Hmm... "Zorn." Where have I heard that before?

      Didn't "Zorn" mean "utter destruction" in the rabbit-language from Watership Down by Richard Adams?

      'Zorn! Zorn!' cried the dreadful squealing voice. 'All dead! O Zorn!'

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    2. Re:Macromedia? by Lisandro · · Score: 5, Funny

      No need for your soul... with the weird shit going arround lately (Debian releasing new stable, Apple going x86, etc.), it wouldn't surprise me if that happens. We're living in interesting times, indeed.

      Anyway, it's all good until Duke Nukem Forever goes gold. Then the world as we know it dissapears.

  4. Re:Virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  5. we cancelled the Mcafee contract at our company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting


    we had a virus that corrupted MSIE (mshtml.dll) Mcafee was instantly disabled, that 100mb install became useless all because Mcafee based their application dialogs on the MSIE component

    we cancelled our contract with them soon after as we realised that if Mcafee dont understand security (they understand marketing though) so we will have to find someone who does understand security, and knows not to base the last line of defence on the biggest exploitable product on a windows system

    ClamAV is looking good because of the costing though reliabilty and accurate is still a concern

    -SJ

  6. Flirting? by ErikTheRed · · Score: 5, Funny


    Gee... I hope we get dinner, a good bottle of wine, and a movie before we get screwed.

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