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Symantec Acquires @Stake

Posted by timothy on from the assimilation dept.

halligas writes "You may have noticed that last month McAfee acquired security firm Foundstone. Not to be outdone, McAfee rival Symantec has gone out a bought up their very own bunch of hackers, @Stake."

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  1. Sorry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, of course. Symantec has a lot at stake.

  2. If you want to get purchased by Symantec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Start your company/product with an @. First it was @Guard (today's Norton firewall), now it's @Stake. You could be next to cash in!

    1. Re:If you want to get purchased by Symantec by Sentry21 · · Score: 5, Funny

      So that's the secret! I've been trying to market my SneezGuard firewall technology for years, but all I have to do is rename it to @Choo and I'm gold! Ah, sweet success, I can taste you now!

      --Dan

  3. the obvious question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So who is going to buy Cult of the Dead Cow?

  4. "Right now I'm recovering the password... by ARRRLovin · · Score: 4, Funny

    .......from this Windows2000 box with Symantec LC5." Man.......that just sounds.....odd.

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    -Randy
  5. Who begat whom? by Eberlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't @stake originally some other black-hat-ish group...like l0pth or something? Next thing you know, virus/worm writers will start asking for employment at anti-virus/security firms. :)

  6. Great Grammar by AkaiTora1337 · · Score: 4, Funny

    McAfee rival Symantec has gone out a bought up their very own bunch of hackers, @Stake.

    What in the world does it mean to have "gone out a bought up" something?

  7. Re:do you mean shedding a tear because by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Free?

    What's the world coming to?

    You pay for the software that's full of bugs and holes

    THEN

    You pay, again to have someone protect you from those bugs and holes.

    Sh!t, it's like Detroit and the Saudi Royal Family in bed with each other... oh, wait... never mind.

    Orange Alert: Someone has figured it out in Sector 12! Paging Carl Rove! Damage Containment! Whoop! Whoop!

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar