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McAfee, Symantec Think Vista Unfair

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-in-line dept.

davidwr writes "Is Microsoft unfairly locking anti-virus companies out of Vista? Symantec and McAfee seem to think so and they aren't being very quiet about it, placing a full-page ad in the Financial Times. If you've found the ad online, please post a link."

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  1. Microsoft, McAfee and Symantec lol... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They are only going at it over this (and only in business) because Windows is a broken, buggy OS. You can spin it any way you like, but that's what it comes down to. They are all fighting to provide security to Windows users, who wouldn't have to deal with this crap if Microsoft actually took the time to fix their products rather then rush to market.

    NEXT DECADE: Auto makers provide security from thieves for cars they didn't bother putting working locks in.

    *waits for the MS nubs to say anti-virus competition is a good thing and how I'm a troll while the botnet installed on their XP install spams me and millions of others*

    Common Sense crits you for 5469056 damage
    You die.

  2. Re:McAfee, Symantec living on borrowed time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I laughed at your retarded Jurassic Park reference.

  3. Re:Much ado... by dfn5 · · Score: 1, Troll
    ... my money is on the premise that third party antivirus solutions to whatever problems that inevitably must arise, will continue to be a necessity.
    Which begs the question, why continue to use an OS that requires antivirus software to be installed sucking the resources from your system?
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