Security industry newcomer Microsoft has hired another veteran from McAfee.
Jimmy Kuo, a former McAfee fellow, will join Microsoft as senior security researcher, a Microsoft representative said in a statement late Monday.
"Microsoft is very pleased that Jimmy Kuo has joined the company as a senior security researcher with the Security Research & Response team," the representative said. "Microsoft looks forward to his contribution to its efforts to help protect customers from evolving threats." Microsoft did not provide any other details on Kuo's hiring.
The Security Research & Response group falls under Microsoft's Security Technology Unit, which is responsible for securing the Windows operating system and other Microsoft products. The group is separate from the Microsoft Security Response Center, which deals with security incidents that affect Microsoft products.
After they chewed up Symantec and spit them out. The next biggest competitor is McAfees.
If you can't buy them out... at least buy out their top researcher. Microsoft has the megabucks to do it.
Regardless of whether Microsoft uses his skills or not. At least he's not working for the competition any more.
It's like pulling the teeth out of a mean dog. McAfees has lost part of their bite!!!
And remember this article says that "Microsoft Nabs Another" which means that they've already pulled one away from McAfees, and Microsoft probably used that one to get the other one to come over.
But legally you can't really call that anti-competitive... even though we all know that it is!!!
Same old MS BS all over again. Just another re-repeated repeat of history all over.
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EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
If you can't buy them out... at least buy out their top researcher. Microsoft has the megabucks to do it.
Regardless of whether Microsoft uses his skills or not. At least he's not working for the competition any more.
It's like pulling the teeth out of a mean dog. McAfees has lost part of their bite!!!
And remember this article says that "Microsoft Nabs Another" which means that they've already pulled one away from McAfees, and Microsoft probably used that one to get the other one to come over.
But legally you can't really call that anti-competitive... even though we all know that it is!!!
Same old MS BS all over again. Just another re-repeated repeat of history all over.
Another one bites the dust!!!
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