Project 'Squash Symantec' in High Gear
    Microsoft's plan to take over the anti-virus/security software from those who 
  created it has moved into overdrive with the 
release 
  of Forefront Client Security. 
I've been critical of this move on the grounds that partners -- including Symantec, 
  McAfee and Sunbelt -- together saved Windows from the unrelenting peril that 
  is viruses. Once they showed the way, it was easy for Microsoft to do the exact 
  same thing, competing with the very vendors that helped keep Windows running 
  in the first place! We tackled this and other issues in our January cover story 
  "Unfair 
  Fight."
Symantec isn't taking this lying down. It released a statement arguing that 
  Forefront Client technology is based on OneCare, which Symantec argues is substandard.
What do you think of OneCare and Forefront? And would you rather buy anti-virus 
  software from Microsoft or a third party? Let us know at [email protected].
 
	
Posted by Doug Barney on May 03, 2007