Keeping the Vampires Away

It says here that Microsoft bought a Romanian company, Sybari, that makes Unix/Linux anti-virus software, then cancelled its Unix/Linux product.

This would be a pity ... if Unix/Linux actually had viruses. In over 20 years of software, I've never seen one. Not on my Unix or Linux boxes, and not on those of anyone I've ever known.

Security problems? Sure. Viruses? Nope. Zero. None.

Indeed, a read through the article reveals the product merely let Unix/Linux boxes rid email that's passing through of Microsoft viruses, as a service to any Microsoft boxes downstream. Sort of like a water treatment plant.

And why, you may be asking yourself, would Microsoft not want that?