By Marguerite Reardon
Published: Friday 17 December 2004
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Name
John Taylor
Location
UK
Occupation
Director
Comment
wow!
Yet again Bill and the team amaze us with the purchase of a major leading specialised organisation!
Nearly as World shattering as when they bought GEDAC and the World Renowned RAV (Romanian Anti-Virus) product, whatever happened to that??
Spyware needs a huge reseacrh team if you are going to do it properly. CA bought Pest Patrol becuase it was a leader, had a huge research team (hundreds of people!)and offered a Centrally Managed Corporate Solution.
Giant are nearly as well known in Spyware as Romanian Anti-Virus was in Milwaukee!
http://antispyware.topsoftwareinfo.com/
Of course, if you really wanted other things a Company was doing, wanted to look good, and wanted a lot of cheap marketing, you might buy a Company where you never intended to use one of their products but the publicity was great!
Cynical Sod
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