~BD~ wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:

>> toptenreviews doesn't sell any products, but they do carry advertising
>> if that bothers you.

> As I'm sure you are aware, 'TopTen' also carried out an initial review
> of MSE, here:-
>
> http://anti-virus-software-review.to...-software.html
>
>
> I find it - umm - 'interesting' that MSE is *not* included in the
> current review of AV products. Surely it cannot be because the review
> site would gain no monetary advantage from Microsoft - could it? ;-)

You don't often see payware compared side by side with freeware. Even AV
comparatives uses the pay version of an AV agent to compare with the
others even if that product/agent has a free version.

I think 'that's just the way it's done'. Some other freeware reviews
compare free agents with each other.

If I were selling a payware, I wouldn't like to see my product compared
side by side with a freeware version which did the same thing, perhaps
better in some facet.


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Mike Easter