It should be included with the product 'Support' and NOT confused with patches and updates.
Will the day arrive where MS charges for every patch & update as its terms of reference change to view patches as 'Virus Protection' and therefore chargeable items.
I would be somewhat understanding if MS charges for virus protection which arise as a result of 3rd party app vulnerabilities, however if the vulnerability is MS based (Windows etc) it should be a free patch, NOT virus protection.
Make no mistake the potential for MS to term patches as virus updates and therefore a separate, chargeable item, is real.
So really at the end of the day this person has pocketed $1 million USD for 30 months jail. No wonder he pleded guilty. I would trade a short holiday to jail for that....!!!
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It should be included with the product 'Support' and NOT confused with patches and updates.
Will the day arrive where MS charges for every patch & update as its terms of reference change to view patches as 'Virus Protection' and therefore chargeable items.
I would be somewhat understanding if MS charges for virus protection which arise as a result of 3rd party app vulnerabilities, however if the vulnerability is MS based (Windows etc) it should be a free patch, NOT virus protection.
Make no mistake the potential for MS to term patches as virus updates and therefore a separate, chargeable item, is real.
So really at the end of the day this person has pocketed $1 million USD for 30 months jail. No wonder he pleded guilty. I would trade a short holiday to jail for that....!!!