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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2005-11-14
OK, let's all jump in the wagon and make a secure Linux distro, as everybody complains about Windows
No need to. For now, Linux has exactly zero virus in the wild, so no need for Symantec or any other antivirus companies.
Worms and rootkits use vulnerabilities, and these are fixed already by each Linux distro vendor.
So the wagon is gone since a long time, you're just years late.
why See-man-tech/Make-a-fee/Nor-tons/... are so willing to stick with an operating system that does not need them anymore ? Why not securing something else ?
Because Windows is the only OS that is so bad that it needs these kind of software.
If Windows don't wanna be secured/patched/... and users installation gets bloated, I think it would cause quite some harm to Microsoft and people will soon switch faster than expected to another operating system (MacOS X for the most)
BS. You forget one big thing : MS is a monopoly and abuse it.
What I want to tell is that it's Microsoft's choice to release something secure or not, it's not third-parties' task to do this part of the job. If Microsoft don't wants to open this to other people, I think it's their right, and they'll suffer from it.
Agreed. Now, what I don't agree with, is how come to this day, you never complained about these third parties doing the job of MS.
So why people are still sticking to Microsoft ? I thought it's currently a case being trialed in EU...
Same answer as above : monopoly and abuse of monopoly. And no, EU is not trialing that at all. EU fined MS because of that, and still investigating other violations.
Of course, Windows is such a big mess of code that flaws would ever exists. Which code isn't after all ?
The problem of Windows is not that. The problem is that Windows has the worst track record of all OS about flaws, despite the company making it having the most money to put on it.