Next best alternative to ThreatFire (Symantec to Acquire PC Tools)

PC Tools to be poor man's Norton

 

That's a good place for PC Tools: Russia, China and India.

 

That is the stupidest thing I've heard. All they have to do is rebrand Norton for Asia Pacific. They can develop similar software in-house. It would have cost less than $300 million. What on earth were they thinking?

 

I totally agree with you. Moreover no body even knows the difference between the pirated and legal software in these countries. People can,t/ don,t pay even a few dollars for the software.

In this scenario, this column is totally baseless.

 

Add Albania to those countries

 

There must be many more. All thirld world countries infact plus more from other areas.

 

Not being a particular fan of Symantec i quickly changed Threatfire (which i liked a lot) for Mamutu trial a couple of weeks ago and i think i'll keep it in the end. No spykes, 28kb max for both processes,very simple,no need to check with Help for anything,very customizable.It integrates perfectly with my other security programs,mainly Comodo Defense+ enabled fully to paranoid state,GeSWall free and Boclean. Not a glitch,they are informed of each other and cooperate very well.

 

BS. They'll damage the SW as anything else they've acquired and touched so far...

 

Here is a significant paragraph from that article...

If Symantec has one iota of security & business acumen, they will replace Norton Antibot with Threatfire because...

+++Security-wise -- TF offers equal or superior protection to Norton Antibot, & is much more configurable and flexible.

+++Business-wise -- Norton Antibot is a re-branded version of Primary Response SafeConnect, and is licensed from Sana Security (PRSC). I doubt that Symantec will continue to pay license fees for Antibot when they own TF, a program with equal or better capabilities.
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Totally agree. Mamutu is an excellent behavior blocker. Stable. Fast. Easy on resources. Excellent Help files. Good support forum.

 

UnOfficially, I think Symantec wants to retain both code and talent of PC Tools.So they're playing out such silly statements and haven't touched PC tools product line yet.

Once they get the people they need into bullet-proof contracts, You will see the the Blue PCT logo changed to Yellow

 

$300 million / 200 staff = $ 1.5 million / staff member...rather expensive.

 

Huangker, even after the buyout. Symantec has the company & code , but not the people. They can take the pay-packet and leave.
I am guessing, some important people whom Symantec wants to retain resent the Symantec way-of-work. So to appease them, you release a statement "PC Tools shall be independent and for Third World". And then, when they sign their new employee contracts SNAP !!
They will be turned into yellow fold.

 

If you really want to buy someone, you can headhunt them and offer multiples what they are getting paid at PCTools and it will still cost less than $300 million. If they refuse the Symantec offer, then how Symantec buying the company going to secure them? Sure you can engage in misleading and unethical conduct but (as shown time and time again with Digg and Flickr) they will just leave. You can't cage people with contracts. If that is Symantec's plan, then it is an even more stupid idea than paying $300 million to buy 'poor man's Norton'.

 

From my experience in grass-hopping in tech industry, I can tell you this.
2-3 years is more than enough for any experienced manager to milk the talented and train a new crop.
Thats what I think Symantec is looking at. 2-3 years, after which the hot shots will not be omni-powerful.

 

It is still cheaper and easier to just offer more money and headhunt. Apart from TF, its not like PCTools have fantastic code.

 

Hmm... Its still a mystery at large

 

I'll give a thumbs up to Mamutu. It's replaced PRSC and ThreatFire on my machines. As has been said, it's a light running program. It does what I want and plays well with the rest of my security apps. I particularly like the ability to customize which behaviors to allow/disallow with active processes. Nicely done!

 

Quote. I tried in these days just them: no comparison imo, Mamutu wins.