> It's not their business, it doesn't make them money.
They used to think this. They got such bad press for a buggy, exploitable OS that it cost them quite a lot.
> They don't need to be competitive.
The OS needs to be competitive, and I think you're mistaken if you think the AV team at MS doesn't work tightly with the OS team, if they're in fact different.
> They just don't invest that much in it and as a result the protection is on a different level when compared to other major AVs.
At a different level because they don't put a bunch of crap on top of the OS which in most cases is really just a placebo? MS running a traditional AV division would be the height of stupidity. They are the OS vendors. Their fixes should be structural, not scaffolding.
They used to think this. They got such bad press for a buggy, exploitable OS that it cost them quite a lot.
> They don't need to be competitive.
The OS needs to be competitive, and I think you're mistaken if you think the AV team at MS doesn't work tightly with the OS team, if they're in fact different.
> They just don't invest that much in it and as a result the protection is on a different level when compared to other major AVs.
At a different level because they don't put a bunch of crap on top of the OS which in most cases is really just a placebo? MS running a traditional AV division would be the height of stupidity. They are the OS vendors. Their fixes should be structural, not scaffolding.