Conspiracy theories or more squealing?
So now it seems that an apparent innocent MS Live Meeting mishap is being used by Symantec and McAfee as further proof of Microsoft's intent to shut them out of the Vista security sweepstakes. It seems MS sent out the wrong invites to everyone, had to restart the meeting and then because of schedule times had to restart it yet again. McAfee and Symantec don't believe this could have happened with just a lone gunman and claim someone on a grassy knoll did this just to them to keep them out of Vista's kernel. Even Alex Eckelberry, of Sunbelt Software, who has been critical of MS's moves in the security market admitted that it was an innocent series of mishaps from a group under a lot of pressure.
Of course McAfee also had their European attorneys come out blasting today about Microsoft's hollow promises and evil intentions causing them damage. It seems they have a sympathetic ear in the EU and they are playing it for everything it is worth. Guys, lets get on with it. Both Symantec and McAfee are better served by emphasizing their visions on what they are going to do to make us all more secure and remain competitive, rather than the squealing. It is tiresome already.



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