[opensource] Windows vs. the Free Market

[Charlie Hayes]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Jim Dinan wrote:

> Charlie Hayes wrote:
>> There are also many studies showing that Windows Defender is one  
>> of the if not the best antispyware application.
>
> ...
>
>> I'm sure Microsoft is doing their part in keeping things out of  
>> kernel land that shouldn't be there. In-fact they have gone so far  
>> as to prevent anti-virus software from third parties
>
> Gee, I wonder why Microsoft's is better.

This was a proposal which Microsoft decided not to follow through with.