http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20080818_02
Cue Freddy Mercury:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo
Well there went anything good about Spyware Doctor or Pc Tools firewall ;D
They say that both brands will continue separately, but then “they” always do in this sort of situation.
Even so there could be some policy changes at PC Tools. Call me a skeptic but the only useful thing I’ve ever seen Symantec give away is their customers!
Speaking personally, no advantage to me in this “foreign aquisition”. when CA bought VET, it moved them closer to me (VET was in Melbourne, CA HQ is in Sydney). PC Tools HQ is already here but Symantec has no Sydney office. I guess I’ll cope somehow… ;D
Well at least they’ll continue separately what I was worried for is that PC Tools has a excellent product in Spyware Doctor (minus the huge memory usage) great detection rates and such but I was worried that symantec might change around Spyware Doctor to make it more like Norton and that would just completely turn me away from it
Yep, That’s what they said about Sygate.
Ah YoKenny!
You remind me of the day … many, many years ago … when someone came up to me in a bar in Munich and asked me if I was Freddy Mercury!
PC Tools FW free users must say bye bye and replace his FW. ;D
PC Tools FW free users must say bye bye and replace his FWso i guess no more freebies from pctools after it becomes known as part of NORTON CRAP!!!!
Bye bye recommendations to PC Tools Spyware Doctor and Firewall…
They always promise independent companies… we know what that suppose for the the freewares… Bye bye…
I may be foolish, but what makes you think symantec won’t pursue into like PCTools FW software for free. You never know! ???
Well for the time being those who wish to take advantage of the free products, but I can’t see Symantec spit buying a company from the goodness of their heart and continue with the free products. They want something and are prepared to pay for it, hopefully to give them a commercial/technological boost.
All we can do is watch and see products merge in the fullness of time and the disappearance of the independent product. Like what happened when Symantec bought Power Quest Drive Image they took the best bits and merged it with Norton Ghost.
I’m still using the last Version of Drive Image before the buyout, they aren’t getting any of my money ;D
I’ve never used their software but I really hope they will independently develop their software even under Symantec.
Going to be independent
Great
I’ll get support on Clean sweep and QEMM
and
Norton Utilities
Nothing is independent to Symantec >:(
There may be no immediate changes nor intergration, but, you can be sure that both of these will happen … given a little time. 
Hi CharleyO,
Did not you know how it works? “Moloch eats children” you know, here it gobbled PC Tools,
polonus
I’d say this time it’s a bit different.
What do you know that we don’t Vlk ;D
What do you mean?