Re: Another new worm???

[aleph1 () SECURITYFOCUS COM (Elias Levy)]

* Crispin Cowan (crispin () WIREX COM) [000626 02:21]:
> Open source AV would seem to put this exactly the opposite way:  the AV
> program would be open source, but you would end up paying a subscription fee
> for the continuous profile updates.  Doing it this way is fulling in keeping
> with the RMS vision of free software:  the software is free, the service is
> not.  I do not believe that an AV profile database could be kept up to date
> on a volunteer basis.
>
> Dan:  do you have any comment on why commercial AV vendors charge for the
> initial product and give away the service, instead of the other way around?

In my experience, most AV companies charge a subscription fee now a days. You
get a one year free subscription with the product and must pay after that.
So you are basically paying for both the product and the service.

> Crispin

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