Despite earlier fears that the code wouldn't even be open for use by the major players in the anti-virus market, it looks like Vista will indeed ship alongside several Vista-compatible third-party offerings. Did anyone really think it would turn out otherwise?

"Introducing the list of third-party Vista security products, Microsoft noted its dependence on other developers to help secure the operating system, and said it would work with its security partners to provide technical support resources, access to application testing and compatibility labs, and developer training and certification programs for the product."