Symantec to Buy Veritas 258
jortega writes "Symantec is looking into buying Veritas for $13bn." The linked article is mostly about biz stuff. Seems like a kind of strange deal to me.
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
The Market (Score:3, Funny)
OMG (Score:5, Funny)
Forward Thinking (Score:5, Funny)
I heard (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
What's the first thing you wonder when your network gets infected? When was the last time I backed up my data?
Or, "Why the %#!?& are we paying so much for anti-virus software that doesn't stop my network from getting infected!?!"
Makes you wonder... (Score:3, Funny)
- Symantec Virus DevStudio 7
- Symantec Spam Server 5
- Symantec Gator
- Symantec Hard Drive Eraser 4
- Symantec Registry Hoser XP
- Symantec Network Trojan 5.5
- Symantec EZ Spyware 4
- Symantec RAID Drive Ejector 3
That would pretty much cover their business development needs for the OTHER product line that we're already aware of.
IronChefMorimoto
Re:Just fabulous (Score:4, Funny)
1 foot in the door
1 foot out the door
1 foot in your ass
Not sure who they're using now, but employees I've kept in touch with indicate that it's gotten more efficient: they wear cleats now.