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“in our health-conscious society, viruses of any type are an enemy. Just as proper diet, exercise and preventative health care can add years to your life, prudent and cost-effective anti-virus strategies can minimize your exposure to computer viruses” (Symantec, 1999)

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Paradox?

The success of a antivirus manufacturer depends to a great extend on the proprietary software technology. To be competitive, a R&D effort to develop new products or refine existing products is mandatory. Symantec in the 2005 spent 334 millions $, in the 2007 the amount was 867 millions, an increasing of 160%. This R&D budget is nearly 6 times the total revenues of F-secure, that nonetheless has succeeded over Symantec in the antivirus software review 2008 made by “Top Ten Reviews”.
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