From: Mike N. 

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:59:57 -0400, mike  wrote:

>>Anti-Virus cannot
>>inspect DRM processes, so they are expected to look the other way when DRM
>>processes come along.
>
>Did't Symantec, et al, want to have this ability, and Microsoft told
>them to take a hike?

   The earlier dustup between Microsoft and the AV industry was over
PatchGuard technology - a feature in which no one but Microsoft could add
extensions to Vista's X64 kernel.    In the end, that strategy may have
been as effective as the Maginot line.
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/will-patchguard-be-vistas-maginot-line.
html

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