Monday, October 02, 2006

Rivals Say Microsoft Putting Them in a Tough Spot

A Reuters newswire article, via CNN/Money, reports that:

Microsoft is working to hamstring software companies trying to overcome "inherent weaknesses" in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc. charged in a full-page ad in Monday's Financial Times.

McAfee, Symantec and other security software companies argue Microsoft's new Vista operating system will make it more difficult to protect customers because for the first time, they have been denied access to the core of the operating system.

Neither company has filed a formal complaint and so far the European Commission has taken no formal action on the matter.

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