Re: symantec to buy pc tools

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:55:32 +1200
From:                   Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>

> Or maybe CP had already done that 
> deal with Microsoft, before the Symantec purchase, so that MS could 
> include an AV -- _any_ AV -- in the MS-DOS v5.0 release? 

Yup, it was done before the purchase.

> (I heard MS 
> wasn't willing to pay very much in royalties for the privilege of 
> bundling whatever AV they could get, hence they got the crappiest and one 
> of several "obviously failing" products at the time...)

Yup, I remember the very strong rumours of the time, although I never managed 
to get confirmation.  The price I heard was "free," which CP allegedly agreed to 
because they figured they'd make money on updates.  Unfortunately, nobody told 
DOS/Windows purchasers that their "free" AV needed signature updates, so CP 
didn't make many sales.

> Regardless of whether the CPAV/MS deal was pre- or post-Symantec buyout, 
> I'm fairly sure Symantec actually produced detection update files for 
> MSAV for a while after it bought CP, but not for long/very regularly.

No for long at all.  Support died within months ...

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