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What always bothered me about MS Windows was that for a long time one HAD to use 3rd party AV SW. This should have been MS's responsibility from the very beginn
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
What always bothered me about MS Windows was that for a long time one HAD to use 3rd party AV SW. This should have been MS's responsibility from the very beginning. I don't go to third parties for seatbelts and anti-lock brakes when I buy a car. I shouldn't have had to use a 3rd party AV SW.
- rocqua 10y agoLinux doesn't supply a 1st party AV solution either. Windows maybe could've responded faster to the creation of so many viruses, but it takes a really popular OS for AV to become a neccesity.
- WorldMaker 10y agoMicrosoft had an injunction from the anti-trust lawsuit that they couldn't bundle AV with Windows because that would be "anti-competitive", which is why Security Essentials had to be downloaded for XP/Vista instead of just coming installed. Lucky for all of us the statute of limitations on that decision finally expired. I agree, something like AV should be a function of the OS, not a "competitive" (race-to-the-security-theater-bottom) bolt-on from some third party.