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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Why not securing something else ?
There's Norton Internet Security for MacOSX.Although it's pretty straightforward to setup a nice firewall from cli.
But i suspect to see increasingly more ISV's spreading their interests by porting their applications to other platforms.This way any potential customer could notice there's more behind the horizon and their favorite app is working too one way or another.And i mean not only security apps and suites but allso office,graphics,multimedia applications.I think Mandriva for example has done the right thing to make their new release a lot more attractive for early adopters and maybe switchers by including cedega,LinDVD,etc.
Linux has to be better marketed.And in order to do that it needs showstoppers,preferrably facts.Instead of seeking direct confrontation with MS and throwing mudd.