Some of you may have heard about the ongoing dispute between the EU and Microsoft over “anti-competitive” practices. This might sound like just another EU-US trade war, but here is a graphic example of what the EU Competition Commissioner is concerned about. Not only will Vista come with a full suite of security systems (firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.), but you won’t be able to disable it so as to replace it with another vendor’s product. No wonder Symantec are upset.