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McAfee And Symantec Unhappy With Microsoft
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-10-03
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It appears that McAfee and Symantec are seeing eye to eye when it comes to Microsoft and its Windows Vista security products.
As reported last week, Symantec has been publicly calling out Microsoft, and now McAfee has gone so far as to place a full page anti-Microsoft ad in the Financial Times. The ad is a letter to Microsoft saying something along the lines of how the company is abusing its Monopoly power for promotion of it's security products.
This BusinessWeek article on the subject is a good read and considers both sides of the argument: Cynics say the hubbub has more to do with Microsoft's potential threat to what has long been a Symantec and McAfee cash cow: basic security software protecting Windows-based computers.
That's clearly part of it. Still, Microsoft has been publicly building a security business for the better part of two years, and only in recent weeks have allegations of monopolistic unfair practices come to the fore.
Indeed, back in February, 2005, Thompson said he wouldn't pursue any kind of anticompetitive back channels to keep Microsoft out of the security landscape. His contention at the time was that Symantec would just deliver a better product. Something tells me we're going to hear a lot on this subject for a long time to come.
Tag: McAfee, Symantec
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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