>"You have zero privacy now. Get over it." - Scott McNealy, CEO Sun
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>>Comparing what Jini and Passport -Hailstorm offer with what McAfee has patented, it will be interesting to see what happens. I think McAfee is about to be squashed like a bug. MS has already rolled a firewall into XP, making BlackIce, and the rest, redundant. It wouldn't suprise me if anti-virus technology gets rolled into the XP as well. Good by McAfee and Symantec. Add that to raw TCP/IP socket access and you have the beginnings of a total disaster.
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>This brings up an interesting point. Let's say MS did a little market research on what new features and options customers want them to include into the next OS. And lets say 100% of those customers said "Firewall is my number one request and Antivirus is number two". Are you now telling me that MS has no right to add features and options that customers want?
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>Dan

Dan;

Hopefully, what customers "want" will be compatible with customer "needs". Compatibility and the ability to "turn off" firewalls and anti virus software may be required in order to have some types of computer applications function. I am sure that the marketing department knows what is best for everyone and will act accordingly.

Tom