Stop Microsoft

All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 23 September 2003, 23:26

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: Xeen on 23 September 2003, 23:26

and kill competition. Say goodbye to Norton.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_39/b3851067.htm (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_39/b3851067.htm)

I bet MS's antivirus software itself will create more bugs than it will attempt to fix.

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: jasonlane on 24 September 2003, 01:26

Great business model. Drive both the supply and demand at the same time....Wow!

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: M51DPS on 25 September 2003, 03:20

What will really be amazing is when they charge people a subscription fee for their anti-virus software, then create viruses to pick off anyone who doesn't constantly own a subscription, so don't have the latest definitions. They'll also say that they're better than the other vendors because  microsoft was the fastest to get a fix for their own virus.

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: mobrien_12 on 25 September 2003, 04:03

I remember MS bundling anti-virus software in with Windows 3.11.  It was completely useless.

You think I'll trust another MS anti-virus product?

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: mc0282 on 25 September 2003, 06:40

in my thoughts  microsoft is the one costing some of the virus so could make it an excuse to force people upgrade to next windows..  i would never trust microsoft with virus they would problably make it worse.

[ September 24, 2003: Message edited by: mc0282 ]

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: suselinux on 25 September 2003, 21:30

I thought that they would just buy out Symantec, or Sygate if they ever wanted to get into the anti-anti viri market

Norton is introducing Product Activation anyway....

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: Doctor V on 25 September 2003, 17:24

Micro$hit would even be so bold as to try to make Norton and Mcafee software incompatible with windows forceing windows users to pay for M$ antivirus.

Title: MS to get into the antivirus business....
Post by: Laukev7 on 25 September 2003, 18:28

An anti-virus, eh? Aren't they supposed to make some 'trustworthy' system that can't run anything exept certified software? (That is, certified after paying astronomical amounts of money to M$ and cie. who get to choose what will be certified).