posted 06-12-2003 02:22 PM CT (US)     

"Users and resellers of RAV AntiVirus, popular especially on Linux platforms, are in limbo after Microsoft Corp. announced plans to buy the RAV technology from Romania's GeCAD Software Srl.
The RAV product line will be discontinued after Microsoft completes the acquisition of the technology, Microsoft said. GeCAD, which claims that its products protect more than 10 million users worldwide, will support current customers through the end of their contracts.

The acquisition has observers questioning Microsoft's ultimate intentions and wondering what the software maker wants with technology that powers leading virus-scanning tools for e-mail servers on Linux platforms, rivals to Microsoft's Windows and Exchange products."

Is this another action in Microsoft's strategy to stop Linux by any legal means?

-- CS