Symantec whinges

I had to laugh out loud when reading Symantec's whinge about Microsoft's anti-competitive practices.

This is an outfit that's made a lot of money from Microsoft's inability to grasp the basics of computer security.

The fact is OneCare has lousy record as a security product so if Symantec's products were any good, OneCare wouldn't be a threat.

However Symantec has dropped the ball even more than Microsoft; their anti-virus software completely missed the spyware epidemic and their packages have become the industry byword for system clogging bloatware.

Instead of whining, these people should be looking at getting out well written, effective software that delivers what it promises. I suspect that's a challenge too far for them.