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 at 11:52 AM