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Symantec And Microsoft Disagree On API Availability
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-09-27
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Is Microsoft withholding important information about the Vista operating system to gain an unfair advantage in the security market...
Symantec seems to think so according to a ZDNet article on the topic. According to the article, Symantec is pointing the finger at Microsoft saying that they are refusing to give out APIs for Windows Defender, which will come with Vista.
Symantec is worried about its own products being compatible with the operating system, saying that it can't ensure that without those APIs.
Symantec is not the only company that feels this way. ZDNet reports:Security vendor McAfee is also irked that Microsoft has not provided APIs for Defender. Sources close to the company confirmed that Microsoft has not provided the APIs, and that senior McAfee executives "really have a bee in their bonnets" about the situation.
McAfee is concerned that there will be compatibility problems between its security systems and Vista, and that customers will not be able to remove Defender from their systems, CNET News.com sister site ZDNet UK has learned. Well, according to Microsoft, the APIs have already been made available.
"Availability of the Defender APIs was announced to security partners on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, and we understand Symantec requested and received the go-ahead to develop on that API on Monday, Sept. 25," a Microsoft representative is quoted as saying.
Apparently Symantec disagrees.
Tag: Symantec, Symantec, Symantec, Microsoft
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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