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Re: MS Anti Virus?


From: Chris Cappuccio <chris () nmedia net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:56:52 -0700

I hate to say this, but I don't think Microsoft software could be any
worse than Symantec...

Andre Ludwig [andre.ludwig () gmail com] wrote:
Think the mafia refers to this as a protection racket...

man so much can be made of this its a techy comedy gold mine.


"our software sucks so bad that the market for anti virus software for
our platform is such a lucrative market that we cant stay out of it"

Andre Ludwig CISSP

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:41:49 -0400, slacker <leetslacker () softhome net> wrote:

<snip>
 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile,
Research) is still on track to offer an anti-virus product that will
compete against similar software offered by Symantec Corp. (SYMC.O:
Quote, Profile, Research) and Network Associates Inc. (NET.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) , the world's largest software maker said late on

Oh yeah, what's the average delay to release on exploit patches? What makes
me think that they are going to be that slow on releasing AV updates?  =P

slacker



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