An oldie but goody.... :-) Onecare faces an uphill battle..

Microsoft released version 1.5 of its consumer security suite, which supports the new Windows Vista operating system, to manufacturing earlier this week. But according to a market research firm, the product faces an uphill battle against long-time players such as Symantec.

According to data from the NDP Group, OneCare has had little success in stealing users from the traditional consumer security powerhouses like Symantec and McAfee. While OneCare accounted for nearly 11% of U.S. consumer security suite sales in June, the first full month after version 1.0 debuted, by October its slice had shrunk to 6%. Symantec, meanwhile, remained the dominant player, with 74% of the market in October, while McAfee held down second place with approximately 10%.

Complete article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070106/tc_cmp/196801447