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Fuzzy Logic Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?!
Fuzzy Logic Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?! | Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 20 November 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Microsoft’s OneCare was the world’s last “all-in-one” Internet security suite, not the first, and the inclusion of “printer sharing and automated PC tune-up features” being SOLD to consumers is a sad indictment of Windows – shouldn’t Windows have easy “printer sharing and automated PC tune-up” built right in?Featured Whitepaper
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Honestly, Microsoft – no wonder OneCare didn’t set the world on fire, with McAfee claiming that OneCare has barely scraped together a 2% marketshare compared with “real” Internet security suites. Microsoft OneCare came during the same timeframe as the Vista debacle, and represents old, outdated and seriously wrong thinking. Making “Morro” free is a great step, effectively making anti-virus/rootkit/malware/trojan software a free downloadable component of Windows itself (like Microsoft is doing with Windows Live Mail and its other Windows Live software), but continuing to sell OneCare in the meantime until Morro is ready seems just plain stupid - especially if the decision to offer a free solution has clearly already been made. Come on Microsoft!!! Windows 7 is looking absolutely fantastic compared with Vista and XP, and I’m now using it exclusively. But can we please get some of the Windows 7 thinking into the rest of the organisation? You can start by making OneCare completely free, right now – after all there must be netbook users out there who have purchased the software and are using it without too many issues, not to mention all those other computer users out there with computers far more powerful than basic netbooks. Yes there will be some hit taken on stock in the channel (perhaps remaining retail stocks can simply be given away free with any Windows or computer purchase to get rid of the stock), and OneCare could be exclusively made a free download from now on, instead of making people wait a year. Those serious about true speed and a much higher level of protection (perceived or no) from software such as Norton Internet Security 2009 (or its competitors) will buy a commercial package anyway and wouldn’t bother with OneCare, while the “60%” will get the protection they were never going to buy anyway, today, instead of late 2009. Sadly though, this is unlikely to happen. Microsoft does strange things at times. Maybe all those Linux zealots rabidly promoting the wonders of "right now" malware-free and ever improving/evolving Linux distros are onto something... |
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