It hasn't taken Microsoft long to make enemies in the IT security market.
Microsoft looks to be a much larger force in security software when it delivers Windows Vista and Longhorn Server next year. Symantec, which sold US$2.6 billion worth of security products and services last year, has sued Microsoft, claiming Vista misuses data management technology Symantec owns through its Veritas acquisition. The debate is over storage technology, but the bigger question is who will Microsoft's allies and rivals be as Vista sets new boundaries of what a PC operating system does.
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