I sometimes get asked why I advocate using free software, expecially for anti-virus protection. Surey, people say, the paid-for product must be better, the underlying principle being you get what you pay for - and if you pay nothing, you get ...
This article successfully addresses the doubts some people have about free software products:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303157,00.htm
It's doubly noteworthy because it comes from a very successful company that supplies quality products, whether free or paid-for.
There's a lesson in there for lots of businesses, I think, and it is very significant that the great Microsoft itself is proposing doing something similar to AVG and the many other companies that have provided good products for so many years.
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