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Kaspersky Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft Over Disabling Its Antivirus Software (bloomberg.com)
Russian security software maker Kaspersky Lab has filed antitrust complaints against Microsoft with the European Commission and the German federal cartel office, it said in a statement on Tuesday. From a report: Kaspersky sent a formal complaint to European Union and German antitrust regulators, saying "hurdles" created by Microsoft limit consumer choice and drive up the cost of security software. "With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft started to create obstacles to competing manufacturers of security solutions, and introduce different ways of pushing users to forgo third-party software in favor of its own Windows Defender," Moscow-based Kaspersky said in a statement. In a statement, Eugene Kaspersky said, "We see clearly -- and are ready to prove -- that Microsoft uses its dominant position in the computer operating system (OS) market to fiercely promote its own -- inferior -- security software (Windows Defender) at the expense of users' previously self-chosen security solution. Such promotion is conducted using questionable methods, and we want to bring these methods to the attention of the anti-competition authorities."
to bad apple hardware sucks.
the imac pro at 5K only has 32G ram and you can't easily open it to change the ram. so you need to pay apple $800 to go from 32 to 64G same price as buying an full set of 64G ecc ram.
Considering the mass of Android malware out there (or for that matter cryptolocker variants for Mac and Linux), I wonder why the belief still exists that only Windows systems have malware? Probably just lazy thinking. It's easy to stick to an outdated belief that's comfortable and lets you feel superior.