Not that I am a fan Symantec or McAfee, but I fear the end if independent antivirus offerings.
You can argue that independent antivirus vendors such as Kaspersky, F-Prot and Trend Micro have better processes for responding to virus outbreaks and more efficient virus detection algorithms. In the end, it won't matter.
As we've seen repeatedly, people would rather not think about virus protection. At best, "I've got installed" is the extent of virus protection people are willing to take. Whatever requires the minimum of attention will win the marketplace.
That mirrors the "Netscape or Internet Explorer" arguments of a few years ago. You can choose to defend a position where people will be better off, but you'll never push that boulder uphill.
We tend to think of all patches as security patches, but that isn't the case. A change to DRM should not, on the face of it, appear among the security updates seen on Tuesdays.
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Not that I am a fan Symantec or McAfee, but I fear the end if independent antivirus offerings. You can argue that independent antivirus vendors such as Kaspersky, F-Prot and Trend Micro have better processes for responding to virus outbreaks and more efficient virus detection algorithms. In the end, it won't matter. As we've seen repeatedly, people would rather not think about virus protection. At best, "I've got installed" is the extent of virus protection people are willing to take. Whatever requires the minimum of attention will win the marketplace. That mirrors the "Netscape or Internet Explorer" arguments of a few years ago. You can choose to defend a position where people will be better off, but you'll never push that boulder uphill.
We tend to think of all patches as security patches, but that isn't the case. A change to DRM should not, on the face of it, appear among the security updates seen on Tuesdays.
- Embargo of Iraq
- UN Weapons Inspectors
- Upon withdrawal of UN Weapons Inspectors, bombed suspected weapons sites (in conjunction with British forces). See "Operation Desert Fox".
Why would someone think Clinton did nothing to answer Saddam Hussein?