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It's not the first time that Symantec has jumped ship. Norton used to be only on the Mac and then all of a sudden jumped to Windows. I don't know if they still support Apple products or not.

Still, IMO this is a bad move by Symantec considering there bread and butter for many years has been Windows.

The old lets spend millions on a spurious lawsuit so it will give us time to go to another platform just doesn't ring true here.

As far as the Palm or Linx market, I would just as soon see them move on to something different. I have had nothing but problems with SAV and will never personally install it again on anything I own. Additionally I direct others away from it as well.

Say what you will, but maybe Symantec has a good enough case to nail Ballmer in the nuts and slap the heck out of Bill. Like is usually stated by axey - we will just have to wait on the courts to decide...
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business as usual at M$  Linux Geek | 05/18/06
We all appreciate...  Rodney Davis | 05/18/06
They usually are ....  Reverend MacFellow | 05/19/06
Lay off the bundle accusation, I have Linux SUSE  Cayble | 05/19/06
Linux is by choice ...  nottheusual1 | 05/22/06
M$ vs Linux  Ex-XP'er | 05/23/06
Get a life Linux Geek  tealcat | 05/19/06
Is MS "borrowing" technology from elsewhere news? I don't think so...;-)  michael_t | 05/18/06
Myths About Microsoft  rigo12 | 05/21/06
What a crock  Shelendrea | 05/18/06
Subjective, no?  just_a_guy | 05/18/06
I know  Shelendrea | 05/19/06
Total nonsense...  Mike Cox | 05/18/06
9.5: woohoo...  in-DUH-vidual | 05/18/06
Extraxt the Wealth via Littigation  mighetto | 05/18/06
so what was the outcome of that one?  LilBambi_z | 05/19/06
Of course Symantec is goting to court.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/18/06
I sure hope not...  Cardinal_Bill | 05/18/06
Agree with you  KyRidgeRuner | 05/19/06
SCO's done in the software business?  Robert Crocker | 05/19/06
You misunderstand  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/06
Sorry Axey, MS OS'es will always be swiss cheese!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/19/06
Yeha, just like OS X, Linmux and even Unix.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/06
Halting vista  skeptic tank | 05/19/06
Sounds as tho  Kimbok@... | 05/19/06
Funny, no comment from Nonzealot here  tic swayback | 05/19/06
Oh well, with Onecare on the horizon  Boot_Agnostic | 05/19/06
It's not the first  slow_descent | 05/19/06
Norton on Apple  thatxbxtchxnicoll | 05/19/06
nope certainly isn't  sir_cheats_a_lot | 05/22/06
Corporate thieves  smsboodoo | 05/19/06
All IP laws must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 05/19/06
To induce heart attack for Symantec  Boot_Agnostic | 05/19/06
Symantec is more than A-V boxes...  iggy_e@... | 05/20/06
Sounds like Symantec has a solid case  thetruth_z | 05/20/06
Symamtec  Krazyken39 | 05/20/06
"Deja vu" all over again.....  linux for me | 05/20/06
Microsoft cloned the Amiga trash can and desktop  rigo12 | 05/21/06
Get out of your parents basement... it's 2006!  tboonie@... | 05/22/06
Well, crawl back under YOUR rock  nottheusual1 | 05/22/06
Not suprising  sir_cheats_a_lot | 05/22/06
Symantec Suit - Possibly baseless  jlzimm | 05/22/06
They tried to settle...  Spikey_Mike | 05/25/06
Typical  janjop | 07/25/06

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