Scarecrow Man Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 According to the New York Times, Microsoft plans to enter the consumer antivirus business with a subscription service next year. Most of us will remember Microsoft's assimilation of RAV Antivirus from GeCAD Software of Romania in 2003.Microsoft plans to expand the service beyond its 60,000 employees this summer and offer an open trial for consumers this fall. No date has been set for a commercial introduction, but the executive in charge of the new business said it would ultimately be offered as an annual service by subscription.Subscription? Doesn't Microsoft have enough money?It should be part of the OS. If I buy an OS and it is vulnerable to viruses, it is a flaw in the OS's design. Why do I have to pay extra to make my machine usable?Ask Bill.Read the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 We can already have effective A/V without paying out anything. Who's going to give Bill Gates even more gazillions of $$$? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 If it's good, people will pay.Marketing will be the key! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I'm more than satisfied with Norton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I'm more than satisfied with Norton.The exact same thing 1,000,000 other users are saying right now.With free AV programs taking about ~2% of the market share, non-commercial A/V taking 23%, and companies like Norton, Trend Micro and McAffe taking 75%... Microsoft is going to have some pretty spectacular anti-virus software to take any bite of the pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 ... Microsoft is going to have some pretty spectacular anti-virus software to take any bite of the pie.Sooner or later they will probably make it part of Windows. With the sheer number of infected Windows systems around the world, it is inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 We can already have effective A/V without paying out anything. Who's going to give Bill Gates even more gazillions of $$$?Those very same people that pay hundreds for a copy of Office when OpenOffice will do much the same for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 We can already have effective A/V without paying out anything. Who's going to give Bill Gates even more gazillions of $$$?Those very same people that pay hundreds for a copy of Office when OpenOffice will do much the same for nothing.Bingo -- people have yet to realise "You get what you pay for" does not apply to software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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