If Microsoft starts purchasing all *nix AV companies with the express purpose of removing their product from the marketplace, I say GREAT!
Think about this: In a market driven economy when there is a need the market will provide.
Meaning that as the AV products start disappearing from the market, *nix developers will start creating AV companies to supply the demand. Microsoft can not stop people from supplying a product for a demand. All Microsoft would succeed in doing is making *nix developers rich as they buy out their companies, which would only benefit the *nix community.
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If Microsoft starts purchasing all *nix AV companies with the express purpose of removing their product from the marketplace, I say GREAT!
Think about this: In a market driven economy when there is a need the market will provide.
Meaning that as the AV products start disappearing from the market, *nix developers will start creating AV companies to supply the demand. Microsoft can not stop people from supplying a product for a demand. All Microsoft would succeed in doing is making *nix developers rich as they buy out their companies, which would only benefit the *nix community.