In the free software market Microsoft faces competition from many others including AVG, Alwil Avast, Avira Antivir and Comodo.
Millions of computer systems appeared well prepared, because of a free software patch from Microsoft.
The software is free, and Microsoft crushed its only serious commercial competition, Netscape, almost a decade ago.
We also moved our critical applications (office productivity) away from Microsoft to OpenOffice, the free software developed by Sun and thankfully still supported by Oracle.
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When Microsoft began offerings its antivirus software for free in June of last year, Symantec scoffed.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google, as well.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), as well.
We also pointed out that free software's rise counters the Justice Department's contention that Microsoft is an illegal monopoly.
Yet a question remains over Microsoft's promise to give rival software-makers some cost-free, additional access to its software protocols.
Meanwhile, the folks behind open-source software are growing more upset as they see companies aligning themselves with Microsoft to give their customers a free pass against that possibility.
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