The following statement was issued today by McAfee (NYSE: MFE) in
response to pledges made last week by Microsoft General Counsel Brad
Smith and Chief Executive Steve Ballmer suggesting Microsoft would
begin to cooperate with independent security vendors to protect Vista
customers.
This statement can be attributed to Christopher Thomas, a partner
at Lovells which is presently serving as McAfee's outside litigation
counsel in Brussels.
"Despite pledges, press conference and speeches by Microsoft, the
community of independent security companies that consumers rely on for
computer protection has seen little indication that Microsoft intends
to live up to the promises it made last week", said Thomas. "We have
been greatly disappointed by the lack of action by the company so far
and Microsoft has not lived up, either in detail or in spirit, to the
hollow assurances offered by their top management last week."
