Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Sep 2006 23:06 UTC
Anti-malware company Symantec has accused Microsoft of withholding key information about its upcoming Vista OS, in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the security market. Symantec claimed this week that Microsoft is refusing to hand over the APIs for Windows Defender, its anti-spyware product which will be included in Vista. Without the APIs, Symantec claims that it isn't able to ensure that its own security products are compatible with Vista. Microsoft, though, insisted on Wednesday afternoon that the APIs are now available.
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2006-03-03
Oh, I not meant "security by obscurity" let me assure you
I think there are rooms in Vista for everyone to be happy 
I think there would be a public API to use for security third-party supplier, so I don't understand the point to open-up some sort of hidden places Microsoft keeps in the shadow to avoid too much bloating 
See, why not complaining that Microsoft hasn't release the APIs of Windows Update so that everyone could make a paying replacement, and also provides updates, gadgets, whatever... Who knows, trojan/worm/virus ? People can scream out-loud, some things have to be close sourced, otherwise everybody will start complaining again that Microsoft's Windows is unsecure, and thanks to McAfee/Symantec/Norton/... to secure thightly the whole thing
I hope that everyone had learned the lesson once SP2 was released and secured things so much... But obviously not, people are still paranoid !
Kochise