[MACEP] McAfee Anti-Virus

[Mike Ely]

Jim,

Thanks, I needed a good laugh - the end of your email was great.

You're probably correct in branding me self-righteous when I accused the 
McAfee developers of laziness.  On the other hand, I'd say that a 
company which sells security applications and then depends upon external 
technology which has proven itself to be insecure is really not doing 
its job - how hard is it to hijack outbound connections from IE if it's 
already compromised?  What good is McAfee doing by making this "business 
decision" in this case (if that's really what happened)?  Fortunately, 
McAfee and Norton are not the only antivirus companies out there...

jimrose at open.k12.or.us wrote:
> 
> In response to the recent PS.
> 
> "PS: Smart of you to consider McAfee's bias toward Idiot Exploiter - that
> should be a big giant red flag to anyone that the people who developed
> that particular app are careless and lazy!"
> 
> I agree we should look for better working alternatives to all products 
> but to label the developers at McAfee "careless and lazy" seems a bit 
> self-righteous.  The lack of support for other browsers could be a 
> business decision considering that until recently 95% of consumers used 
> IE for browsing.  I am guessing that if Nike could satisfy 95% of the 
> shoe market with one model they wouldn't put a lot of effort into 
> diversifying their product base.  
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> I will now prepare for the Microsoft stinks and is the Voldemoort of 
> companies harassment that I have invited upon myself.
> 
> Jim
> 
> PS.  Voldemoort is an evil wizard in Harry Potter.
> 
> 
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