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According to <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html";>http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html</a> if M$ names the next release differently and makes it incompatible with current Windows, the whole Bush-Ashcroft DOJ terms no longer apply.  Yikes!

Tom
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&quot;Emil P. Man&quot; &lt;mailinglists at synban.com&gt; wrote:

&gt; Preston Boyington wrote:
&gt; 
&gt; &gt;Geoffrey wrote:
&gt; &gt;: I was doing a bit of searching for anti-virus software that runs on
&gt; &gt;: Linux and found the following:
&gt; &gt;: 
&gt; &gt;: &quot;Due to the acquisition of RAV's IPR (Intellectual Property
&gt; &gt;: Rights) by
&gt; &gt;: Microsoft Corp., GeCAD Software SRL is currently engaged in a
&gt; &gt;: strategic reorganization of its operations, which includes scaling
&gt; &gt;: down and discontinuation of its anti-virus related business. More
&gt; &gt;: details at: <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/shownews.php?i=153";>http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/shownews.php?i=153</a> .
&gt; &gt;: 
&gt; &gt;: As part of this process please be informed that RAV AntiVirus online
&gt; &gt;: and direct sales ceased September 3rd, 2003.&quot;
&gt; &gt;: 
&gt; &gt;I remember when this happened.  Speculation at the time was twofold: 1) M$ was acquiring and removing Linux based &quot;obstacles&quot; from it's projected market 2) M$ now has the ability to offer native virus protection in its next release (possibly Longhorn?) effectively cutting out the need for Norton/McAffee.  This would also be seen as a leveraging point with M$ virus backlash in the press (&quot;this would not have happened if &lt;company in question&gt; had kept their M$ VirusScan up-to-date&quot;)
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Mainly I remember how remarks were pointing to RAV with their apparent ease of being bought out...
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Preston
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&gt; &gt;
&gt; I doubt they would be able to pull the second one off. It would start 
&gt; the Anti-Trust, monopoly thing all over again for them. I'm sure Norton 
&gt; wouldn't stand by and watch that happen.
&gt; 
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