Worm windfall bolsters Symantec

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But Hey, What About the Dramatic Price Hikes?

Sloppy reporting, ZDNet. Symantec has jacked up the price of its antivirus/firewall subcriptions mightily since they first started the perpetual pay system for updated data files.

When I first paid for a Norton AV sig subscription, it was something like $6.00 for the year. Now it's something more tnan $20 a year Canadians.

Worms my e-butt! Price increases surely have a lot to do with it. In Canada, it can be almost as cheap to buy the whole NAV/Firewall combo on special offer from Symantec (factoring in rebates) than to just keep using a rebought annual subscription. That doesn't mean a cheap product--it means expensive annual perpetual pay.

Posted by: KeithRisler   Posted on: 10/23/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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