> Sure business is business, but it was clear to me for a long time that
 > Bontchev was in F-Prot's pocket.  I would have had more respect for the
 > dude if he'd been honest and said "I'm recommending F-Prot out of
 > employee loyalty because I'll be going to work for Frisk Software soon."
 > Nobody expects him to promote anything except F-Prot NOW because we all
 > know he works for Frisk, but in those days he was pushing F-Prot while
 > still claiming to be unbiased.
A few other people have expressed similar sentiments.  I guess Vesselin
was in a difficult position at the time.  It's impossible to be 100%
unbiased when you're actively involved with one particular antivirus
program ... or two, in my case ... and like AVP and TBAV, F-Prot is
generally regarded as being one of the best.  This makes it kinda hard
to keep the _appearance_ of bias (and commercial "advertising" for your
own program) out of the conversation without looking like a total dork
... but as echo moderator, this is what I try to accomplish.
 >  rf> my tests would be slightly skewed in
 >  rf> favor of AVP
 >  rf> and TBAV because, between the two of them, they have all my
 >  rf> viruses.
 > I'll accept that, but I think you're putting shit on yourself for no
 > reason.
I'm not putting shit on myself ... I'm just stating a fact.  If I had
_only_ Solly's collection then my tests would _have_ to be skewed in
Solly's favor.
 >  rf> It's often said that magazines give "Editor's Choice"
 >  rf> awards to those
 >  rf> AV companies with the biggest ads.  Although it sometimes
 >  rf> looks that
 >  rf> way I'd hate to think that this is really happening,
 > Bullshit Rod!  It "looks that way" BECAUSE most magazine awards go to
 > the company that spends the most on advertising!
Most people seem to agree with you on this, but I'm not so sure.
(Maybe the fact that if a magazine intends to run an antivirus feature
next month the advertising department calls up AV companies to buy space
in that issue has something to do with it.)
 > You're right about the geeks!
I have an automatic geek detector!  :)
 > That might be the case NOW, but nobody, not even you, can tell me Dr.
 > Solomon winning Secure Computing's Best Player of The Month Award month
 > after month after month wasn't the result of biased testing!  Don't you
 > think it's just a little bit TOO coincidental that the minute Dr.
 > Solomon's business relationship with Secure Computing ends, AVP becomes
 > #1 ???
I don't think the tests would have been _deliberately_ biased.  Netiv
pulled this kinda crap and his reputation fell through the floor.  I
dobut very much if Solly's would be silly enough to fall into the same
trap.  Maybe Secure Computing's virus collection is sourced elsewhere
now ?
 > I'm not knocking Dr. Solomon, it's a good program, and
 > occasionally it might deserve to be #1, but it has NEVER been good
 > enough to be #1 ALL THE TIME!  That's BULLSHIT, and you know it as well
 > as I do!
IMO, _no_ antivirus program is good enough to be #1 all the time!
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