*Source: InfoWorld (
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...ssure_1.html)*
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Symantec Chairman and CEO John Thompson blamed Microsoft on Tuesday for the current pricing competition his company faces in the consumer security market, suggesting Microsoft's pricing scheme for its first entry into the space is "monopolistic."
Speaking at the offices of the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, Thompson said Microsoft's decision last year to offer Windows Live OneCare, a service that combines firewall, antivirus and backup capabilities, for $49.95 per year for three PCs "clearly recast prior expectations for consumer security technology."
"I don't want to say it was monopolistic, but it looked that way to some of us," Thompson said.
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