Security software: Microsoft accused of predatory pricing
Microsoft has been accused of potentially stifling innovation in the
security sector and threatening to kill the competition through
predatory pricing.
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| Sunbelt Software, has published an interesting set of numbers purporting
| to show that Microsoft's collection of new Windows and email security
| products and services undercuts incumbents by more than 60 per cent.
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| Sunbelt, a gold-level Microsoft security partner, has identified
| Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite, launched this month,
| and former Sybari products rebranded Antigen, as offending products
| and services.
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| According to Sunbelt such "ruthless" pricing will drive competitors out
| of business and prove a disincentive for those remaining to innovate.
| Sunbelt president Alex Eckelberry, who blogged the figures, cites a
| senior executive at one major security company who said "they weren't
| going to bother" launching anti-spyware since Microsoft has already
| made its own product free.
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| According to Eckelberry, word processors, spreadsheets and browsers
| don't threaten the safety of users or the national computing
| infrastructure as much as being forced to buy your security software
| from the same company that also makes your applications and
| operating systems.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/22/microsoft_predatory_pricing/
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/microsoft-practices-predatory-pricing.html
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