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From: JBPowlesland@UNCAMULT.BITNET
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Subject: Cost of Protection (Philosophy)
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Date: 10 Aug 90 20:10:00 GMT
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Earlier, Padgett Peterson comments seemed to imply that some people
resent having to pay McAfee for virus protection - despite SCAN's
relative inexpensiveness.  It's my impression that this resentment is
very real and much of it comes from the fact that users can get
relatively the samelevel of protection on their Macintoshes (ie.
Disinfectant and GateKeeper) FREE OF CHARGE.  Until Macintosh viruses
become as numerous and malicious as the PC viruses, I can't see this
attitude much in the near future.

Just a thought...

Jim Powlesland Academic Computing Services University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1N4