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Symantec Complains To EU About Microsoft
David Utter
Staff Writer
2005-10-07
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Microsoft plans to bundle its Client Protection software with the Vista operating system, and Symantec has asked the EU to investigate.
The newest entrant to the security market has one prominent tech security company running to government authorities. Symantec has responded to the disclosure of Microsoft Client Protection by appealing to EU antitrust regulators to consider whether or not another case against Microsoft is warranted, IDG reports.
Microsoft announced its Client Protection package, a combination of anti-spyware and antivirus technologies, is in development. The product integrates a couple of Microsoft acquisitions, GIANT AntiSpyware and Sybari, into what the company hopes will be a single security solution for businesses.
That package will also be included in the forthcoming release of Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista. Its inclusion could be viewed as monopolistic, and the EU's European Commission has asked for more information from Symantec.
"We have always said, and continue to say, that we'll continue to compete with Microsoft in the market as long as there's a level playing field," Symantec spokeswoman Genevieve Haldeman said in the report.
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David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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