Providing a good solid product that competes is exactly what they should be making. Why bother with all the effort and time to make something half way? Why even bother at all with OneCare if they aren't going to make it full featured and with full control? They would just be wasting their time, effort and money, since the other programs do it so much better, at this point in time. That's why we, as beta testers, not only test the product, but provide feedback also.
If a company isn't going to go through the effort of at least trying to keep up with the features of other programs, then it's a lost cause and they should just stop and let it go, since people will just migrate to the better programs out there.
Keeping a program at the level you want it at, is not good for the product, as it is soon left in the dark ages, as OneCare currently is compared to some of the other packages out there now. You may like it like this but, it's not good for the overall health of the product.
Microsoft seems to think it's worth the effort of making OneCare a better product and competing, or they would not be bothering with version 2.0.
Microsoft wants bug reports and suggestions on better ways or new things that would make the product so much more useful. There are a lot of LITTLE things that can be done with very little effort that would make it so much more. The little things can really add up. The little things can make or break a product.
Norton 360, other than a few minor, I'm not in control issues, has performed flawlessly and with a LOT less resources being used and a lot less of a footprint. That's why I know it can be done and think Microsoft should do it also.
Some people hate progress and want things to stay the same. It seems to me that you want OneCare 1.0 with some bug fixes. I may be wrong. You may just be wanting OneCare to protect users from themselves. I believe a program can provide both protection of a user from themselves and power users the control they desire. Windows warns you that going into a system folder can be dangerous but, in the end it gives you the option of opening that folder anyway. A program can protect people from doing things, that normally are not a good idea but, provide users with the ability to do it anyway becasue they know what they are doing.
Yes, my purpose here is to try and help Microsoft with bugs and to maybe make some suggestions that would help make a product that's worthy of competing. Sure, my motives are self centered too as I want to see a product that I would like to buy from Microsoft.
Anyway, we can just agree to disagree. I want to see Onecare become so much more and you seem to want it to stay more on the simple but effective side with bug fixes. I also want it to stay on the simple and effective side, but with more things that would be of use to us. I would just much rather give my money to Microsoft, than I would Symantec.
We are just two different users with different needs and expectations. Just because we have different expectations though, doesn't mean the program can't be made to provide us with what we want and it doesn't mean that what we ask for is a stupid idea.
