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Re: [News] Microsoft to Kill Its Former Partners

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft to Kill Its Former Partners
  • From: Philip <no_one@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:34:31 GMT
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Geico Caveman wrote:
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:


On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:12:35 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

Only you, roy, could say in the exact same post "Microsoft to kill it's
partners" and then claim that the market for it's partners will increase
(vista less secure).

You can't have it both ways.  Either Vista is going to put it's partners,
like Symantec, out of business by providing it's own anti-spyware and
virus protection, or the market will increase because Vista will be less
secure. Which is it?


Only you, Erik. Microsoft is getting into the Windows security business. The
inherent conflict of interest there is going to lead to both :

1. More security flaws in Windows Vista.
2. Death of Microsoft's rivals in the Windows security business as they
would not know as much about the flaws as Microsoft would.

A (M$) dominant monolithic security service is by evolutionary analogy the worst design to fend of a world of rapidly evolving worms, viruses and bugs.


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