Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)
Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)
Posted Jun 13, 2003 23:38 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)In reply to: Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld) by ccchips
Parent article: Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)
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.
Posted Jun 14, 2003 3:41 UTC (Sat)
by donstuart (guest, #4550)
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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
You're kidding, right? Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product (ComputerWorld)