Watch out Symantec, here comes Microsoft
There may be arguments against using Microsoft for your security software (previous post) but a lot of people are not swayed by them. Internet Week reports booming sales for Microsoft’s OneCare security suite.
Microsoft parlayed the low price of its OneCare security suite into a 15 percent share of the consumer retail market during its first month on store shelves, enough to place second on the sales chart said a research firm Tuesday.
Naturally, there are complaints about the big gorilla of software low-balling its competitors
In fact, OneCare’s pricing has driven some vendors to blast the giant software maker for using what they call predatory pricing to drive out competitors.
Also, one observer from the industry group NPD gave a little swipe at Microsoft
“It’s hard for Microsoft to compete on quality. The others, like Symantec and McAfee, have been in the business for a long lime. They have lab operations long in place, and they know what they’re doing.”
While I am not always impressed with Microsoft’s quality, Symantec is no paragon. Maybe the competition will light a fire under Symantec. It certainly can’t hurt.
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