European rivals turn wary eye on Microsoft
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| "We should regard Microsoft's entry into this space as a threat," said
| Josu Franco, director of corporate development at Panda Software in
| Bilbao, Spain. "Microsoft is trying to leverage its monopoly in the
| desktop to compete in the antivirus space, and we should call that
| abuse."
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| The Netscape effect
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| While security software and Web browsers are obviously different,
| Microsoft's intentions are the same and hold an equal risk for
| security, Franco said.
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| "I don't think that anybody would say that having Internet Explorer on
| over 90 percent of desktops has been good for consumers in terms of
| innovation, user choice and especially in security. We all know that
| this monoculture in browsers has been bad," Franco said.
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