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dbarrow
10-03-2006, 09:26 AM
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121799.html

McAfee, Symantec and other security software companies argue that Microsoft's new Vista operating system will make it more difficult to protect customers because for the first time, they have been denied access to the core of the operating system ...

*This whole thing is starting to smell really bad.
Is M$ really throwing up roadblocks to third party protection?
Are they on the road to forcing you to end up with super secret M$ software to protect the super secret M$ program where they can deny anything is wrong with it?

Looking more and more like Vista will have to wait months, or maybe a year or so before I will touch it after this is all sorted out and proven out.

dbarrow
10-03-2006, 09:44 AM
Symantec: Sour Microsoft grapes or a real beef?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=22

Tortanick
10-03-2006, 12:25 PM
Whatever, its cool with me, I just want vista to be delayed so I don't have to buy it. maby they'll have to backport DirectX 10.

dbarrow
10-07-2006, 09:34 AM
Microsoft's playing fair with security rivals, Kaspersky says
http://news.com.com/Microsofts+playing+fair+with+security+rivals%2C+Ka spersky+says/2100-7355_3-6123539.html?tag=cd.top

Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista will not make it more difficult for antivirus companies, Kaspersky Lab said on Friday, contradicting rivals. ...

*If we play nice, maybe they will buy something from us?