Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld) [LWN.net]

Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 13, 2003 19:48 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)
Parent article: Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)

Another example of one of the wonderful features of the business mind. I wonder how much less gasoline/oil/coal we would be consuming today, were it not for jerk moves like these.

Why do govt's allow people to pull this kind of thing, anyway?

to post comments

Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 13, 2003 23:38 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954) [Link] (1 responses)

Why do govt's allow people to pull this kind of thing, anyway?

What kind of thing? Offer a product and then stop offering it? Sell to the highest bidder instead of the most deserving?

I guess individual freedom has a lot to do with it.

Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 14, 2003 3:41 UTC (Sat) by donstuart (guest, #4550) [Link]

You're kidding, right?

The questionable "thing" is the "buy and shutdown" strategy used by a powerful company to attack potential competition. This isn't quite as clear as buying and closing, for example, Redhat, but is suspicuous for a convicted monopolist.

I don't think they would have done it if the government had a real interest in anti-trust but I don't expect them to get any flack.

Don