[plug] M$ buys RAV antivirus, sad.

[Chris Caston]

Ahh, so that's where all that money went that Bill said he was funneling
into "cancer" research.

regards,

Chris

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 13:14, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> Dont they equate OS with virus code?  Maybe this is their way of dealing
> with it:
> 
> "Warning! Virus code detected, delete openoffice?"
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 13:07, Chris Caston wrote:
> > What's a bet that that one or more AV companies will secretly write a
> > virus that targets or even exploits it?
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:44, Kai Jones wrote:
> > > Prolly integrate it with Windows and try to wipe out all other AV programs,
> > > the same way they're still trying to win 100% market share with their
> > > browser.
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Craig Ringer [mailto:craig at postnewspapers.com.au]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 12:36 PM
> > > > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > > > Subject: Re: [plug] M$ buys RAV antivirus, sad.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *lol*
> > > >
> > > > Just yesterday I made the mistake of saying that while it'd
> > > > be nice if
> > > > MS integrated AV with Windows, it wasn't likely to happen.
> > > > This suggests
> > > > that perhaps it just might... who knows what they're really
> > > > planning to do.
> > > >
> > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> -- 
> Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
> 
>