Comment Re:Wisdom follows, pay attention! (Score 1) 465
Microsoft's AV is decent, works well enough, and may push some AV vendors out of business. Where is the problem here? If {insert AV vendor here} can't compete in their own market, then they have no business here in the first place.
The only problem I see is if Microsoft's AV is decent, they work just enough to push other AV vendors out of business, then stop development on their product. (similar to IE5) But this isn't really a problem since it would just cause a brief fall (AV vendors pushed out of market) and rebirth of the AV market (AV vendors come back strong if Microsoft stagnates), not a major ordeal. This would actually be good for the security market.
I think you can safely remove the tinfoil hat. I don't see either one of these outcomes as bad. AV software is one layer to computer security. Any security plan that depends solely on AV software is not much of a plan.
The only problem I see is if Microsoft's AV is decent, they work just enough to push other AV vendors out of business, then stop development on their product. (similar to IE5) But this isn't really a problem since it would just cause a brief fall (AV vendors pushed out of market) and rebirth of the AV market (AV vendors come back strong if Microsoft stagnates), not a major ordeal. This would actually be good for the security market.
I think you can safely remove the tinfoil hat. I don't see either one of these outcomes as bad. AV software is one layer to computer security. Any security plan that depends solely on AV software is not much of a plan.