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    What products has Symantec bought and killed?

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    • IRJI
      IRJ
      last edited by

      A coworker and I were discussing all the products that went to shit after symantec bought them.

      So far BackupExec, Ghost, and Sygate firewall come to mind. I know there are many more. Everything that company touches turns to sh**

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      • IRJI
        IRJ
        last edited by

        Of interest....

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Symantec

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        • jt1001001J
          jt1001001
          last edited by

          the original NORTON line of products

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            All of them?

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            • IRJI
              IRJ
              last edited by

              It look like they don't devolop anything. They just buy companies out and completely destroy previously good products

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              • RojoLocoR
                RojoLoco
                last edited by

                I used to love Sygate, used it until they screwed it over.

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                • jt1001001J
                  jt1001001
                  last edited by

                  Pretty much. Also Procomm

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by MattSpeller

                    @scottalanmiller said in What products has Symantec bought and killed?:

                    All of them?

                    It'd be difficult to dispute that, they certainly seem to have a talent for breaking things

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                    • MattSpellerM
                      MattSpeller
                      last edited by

                      FWIW BackupExec used to be freaking awesome... a decade ago....

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                      • syko24S
                        syko24
                        last edited by

                        Not that there is a need for it anymore but PCAnywhere

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                        • StrongBadS
                          StrongBad @syko24
                          last edited by

                          @syko24 said in What products has Symantec bought and killed?:

                          Not that there is a need for it anymore but PCAnywhere

                          Does PCAnywhere still exist? I have not heard about that product in a dog's age (or more.)

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                          • thwrT
                            thwr
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                            Norton Commander... where are you, buddy? Ghost? pcAnywhere? Dudes...

                            BTW, just found this: http://www.laplink.com/index.php/en/testlist/1311-laplink-offers-solution-to-users-affected-by-security-breach-of-pcanywhere

                            LapLink is also something we used... in the early 90's

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Norton Commander... it's been a while since I have heard that name!

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                              • thwrT
                                thwr @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in What products has Symantec bought and killed?:

                                Norton Commander... it's been a while since I have heard that name!

                                I do use mc (Midnight Commander) on *nix from time to time. Not often anymore, but it's still around. Total Commander for Windows has a cool mass file rename feature that comes in handy at times.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Most recent thing like that that I have used is muCommander on Mac OSX.

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