The purpose of the survey conducted by Dr. Katherine Stewart from University of Maryland was to gain an understanding of user views regarding the pros and cons of OSS adoption. This survey was a first step in a larger study aimed at assessing the applicability of prior theories of user adoption in the OSS context, identifying adoption factors that are unique to OSS, and incorporating those factors into a broader theoretical framework.
By courtesy of Dr. Stewart we publish the summary of the survey on Clam AntiVirus:
Results from ClamAV respondents paralleled those of the larger population. Respondents were generally impressed with the quality of the product and the level of support available. One respondent noted “I felt convinced by ClamAV’s speed of development and project members responsiveness as exhibited in the mailing list.” Many believed that the product’s level of quality derived from the open source development
model. One user noted ”[ClamAV’s effectiveness] is due to the development model ? end users submit suspicious emails or executables to the development team which can act as soon as a new threat is seen,
unlike a corporate model where end user participation is more limited.”
ClamAV users noted with great frequency that ClamAV “tends to beat all competitors in terms of response times to new virus outbreaks.” Unlike other respondents who had adopted software they felt “had a steep
learning curve”, ClamAV users adopted the program because of its “simplicity.” (0 comments)

Visit the ClamAV merchandise shop at http://www.cafepress.com/clamav/ . A big thank you to Finndesign (http://www.finndesign.fi) which volunteered to design the whole line of products, including: t-shirt (for women and men), sweatshirt, coffee mug, mousepad, scrapbook and many stickers.
By purchasing our merchandise, you contribute to the development of ClamAV and help us making it a better product.
We thought that some of you may want to show their appreciation for the project by adding an extra donation to their purchase on our store, so we made available a highly overpriced (25$) magnet button (http://www.cafepress.com/clamav.18387537). You can add as many magnet buttons as you want to your shopping cart. The money will be used to cover the running costs of the project.
Before making your purchase, carefully review the payment:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/cppayment.aspx
and shipping conditions:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/shipping.aspx
For more information please visit the following URL:
http://www.clamav.net/donate.html#merchandise

About Finndesign:
Finndesign is a design company specialising in improving the ease of use and aesthetic character of software. Their clientele mainly consists of large, international high-tech companies active on the global markets.
Finndesign is one of the leaders in its field.
Visit http://www.finndesign.fi

About CafePress:
Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company’s unique print-on-demand and ecommerce services.
Visit http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refby=clamav and sign up! (0 comments)

Sensory Networks, the leading provider of hardware acceleration for network security applications, started a partnership with us to provide hardware acceleration support for the Clam AntiVirus suite.


“We are very excited about providing commercial support to the fast growing Clam AntiVirus project in the form of high performance acceleration for the suite” said Matt Barrie, Chief Executive Officer of Sensory Networks, “We are strong supporters of open source software, as it has a very strong role to play in the information security industry”.
Support for Sensory Networks’ NodalCore acceleration in Clam AntiVirus will be available in version 0.90 of the software suite in Q3 2005.

For more information please visit http://www.sensorynetworks.com

For more information on Clam AntiVirus, go here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/

To download Clam AntiVirus, go here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638&package_id=90197 (0 comments)