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Microsoft Continues Movement To Crush Unix/Linux
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-06-22
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Microsoft announced yesterday they completed the acquisition of Sybari. In their statement, at the very bottom, Microsoft said they would discontinue Antigen sales for Unix/Linux products. There were a number of other aspects to the press release but that little sentence had the most impact.
Microsoft said the Sybari acquisition will give enterprise customers a much more secure system by adding critical security components and that Sybari would support the Windows platform. But now they won't support the Linux/Unix platforms.
"Customers have told us they want powerful security solutions for the enterprise to help protect their messaging and collaboration servers from viruses, worms and spam," said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the Security Business & Technology Unit at Microsoft.
"Sybari's award-winning and innovative products coupled with its strong industry partnerships and deep integration with such products as Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 will deliver immediate value to Microsoft customers."
The press release went through a number of other aspects of the purchase, discussing the value of Sybari and what they will bring to the table in future endeavors and how they can add even more value by making Microsoft systems even more secure than they were before.
"We have always felt that Sybari is a leader in the protection business, and we have been a customer for almost four years. We think that the recent acquisition of Sybari by Microsoft is extremely positive," said Ken Burton, CTO at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, in Microsoft's press release. "By utilizing Sybari's solutions, Microsoft can stand strong behind its message of trustworthy computing. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Sybari."
Based on the Yankee group's earlier statements, one could argue this will present a definitive challenge to hackers who not only hack Windows regularly, but now have Microsoft security firm to mess with too. It may seem a bit scary but a lot of hackers really detest Microsoft and love Unix/Linux. This should get them good and mad.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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