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

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.

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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