Vista May Put Anti-Spyware Companies Out

Ant wrote to mention a C|Net article with an interesting premise: Windows Vista's tough approach to spyware may put anti-spyware companies out of business. From the article: "While this may be good news for buyers of Vista, it is not for anyone who makes a living from selling anti-spyware software. The worldwide market has boomed recently, reaching $97 million in revenue in 2004, up 240.4 percent from a year earlier, according to IDC. However, companies such as Webroot Software and Sunbelt Software are in for tough times, analysts said."

How dare they!

[NitsujTPU]

How dare Microsoft enhance the security of their product, putting poor companies that thrive on the shortcomings of Windows out of business?!?!

I, guess?

erm

[BitterAndDrunk]

I thought it was still running Internet Explorer?

Tough on spyware?

[linguizic]

The only thing microsoft is tough on is stains, though oh so gentle on carpet. Wait, that's Bissel. That's right MS is tough on network administrators.

slownewsday

[Janek Kozicki]

that's where slownewsday tag comes handy :)

Re:How dare they!

[Voltageaav]

Yeah, Windows Defender will be so much better than all the other programs people use, just like their firewall for XP, right?

Re:...well...

[Xymor]

Funny, maybe this could be the new MS motto.
Microsoft, cleaning after itself. or Microsoft, fixing the problems you didn't have.

Humor?

[jgclark123]

Yes, I agree that just repeating what the parent said merits a +3 Funny...
Look before you mod, people.

Re:They'll find a way.

[dadragon]

For every unstoppable wall of protection, some jackass'll find a way around it.

So true. Just ask the French.

Re:Other areas too

[Nethead]

Boy! You old-time, low-numbered slashdot posters sure can get cranky!

Re:They'll find a way.

[the argonaut]

They are just "evil" or don't have/believe in ethics.

They're Republicans?

Re:Analysis

[aftermath09]

No, no. They really mean it this time! ;)

I disagree

[Tezkah]

Yes, I agree that just repeating what the parent said merits a +3 Funny...
Look before you mod, people.

Re:...well...

[InsaneLampshade]

"except of course for millenium edition but that had an alternate design goal"

So what was the design goal for WindowsME? Give the source code to 1000 monkeys, wait a year, then see what they came up with? :/

Re:...well...

[frogstar_robot]

So what was the design goal for WindowsME? Give the source code to 1000 monkeys, wait a year, then see what they came up with? :/

Don't you think that is unfair to monkeys?

If...

[Anonymous Coward]

If you bought a car from a company and it was a complete lemon would you go back to same the company and buy new car a few years later and buy another lemon? Let alone to go back after that, and that....

How in the hell is Microsoft still in business?

That is it, I am going to start selling polished turds on a stick. They will love it when I finally transition from turds->rotten corpse->mud->something that resembles meat.

Rah! Rah! (Pffft!)

[QuestorTapes]

Gosh, it's great to live here in Pleasantville, where things are just so darn KEEN!

It's about time MS used their overwhelming security expertise to address this pressing problem!. Gosh knows, now that:

- NT 3.1 solved all the BSOD problems...
- Windows 2000 given us perfectly stable drivers that never fail...
- we have a flawless and simple system for authenticode verification to prevent all those darned pirates and their stolen copies of Windows...
- and a rock solid browser like IE 6 with none of those silly security defects found in (shudder) DOWNLEVEL browsers like FireFox and Opera...

All we've been waiting for is MS to put the last bricks in the wall of total user trust and security with flawless DRM and anti-spyware!

Kudos to the Bill G and the brave, fighting lads at MS for their continuous and unflagging dedication to providing a rock-solid security combo of Win95-compatible OS, ActiveX-enabled Browser, and integrated VBA-enabled Office applications, that makes third-party anti-virus, anti-trojan, firewall, backup, and other rip-offs completely unecessary!

Yeah! And now I'm off to meet the ghost of John Lennon on his magic Yellow Submarine for a late night trip to visit Narnia!

Just how F**KING STUPID are these reporters, anyway?

Re:How dare they!

[Reverend528]

Oh, good. I can run all of my servers in safe mode!

Re:How Could They?

[Kreigaffe]

Sorry, but I don't believe any company with both "Micro" and "soft" in their company name will be going anywhere near that particular market.. unless they open up a subdivision named "MacroHard"