____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 12:31 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Is McAfee just asking for a lawsuit?
>>
>> ,----[ Quoet ]
>>| Eben Moglen and the troops at the Software Freedom Law Center may want to
>>| read the McAfee annual report more than once. Without this warning there?s
>>| a chance Eben may do a spit-take on his morning coffee.
>>|
>>| McAfee stock is down 20% in the last two months and, it seems, they?re just
>>| asking to be sued.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1864
>>
>> Look what happened to SCO after it cursed the GPL.
>>
>
> If Vista is not selling well, then McAfee are in trouble. As people
> move to Linux-based solutions, they will not need anti-virus, so McAfee
> will have no long-term future unless they can very quickly change their
> focus.
>
> They have a great opportunity to employ one or two kernel firewall
> hackers, though, and become experts on /really secure/ linux server
> installations.
Symantec already produces UNIX/Linux security/backup products. I don't think I
ever come across any from McAfee.
Symantec is a company I can actually respect. Did you know that Symantec's CEO
doesn't even use Windows (he recommends that people don't use it)?
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