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Symantec To Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-different dept.

An anonymous reader noticed the news that Symantec has bought PGP and Guardian Edge for $370 million. They plan to standardize their encryption stuff on PGP keys.

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  1. Not bad by Mikkeles · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Pretty Good Proprietory!

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  2. Re:Open Source Alternative by wealthychef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Freedom is ours to take! Long live the RPG!

    Rocket propelled grenades?

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  3. Re:Open Source Alternative by jack2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the sniper rifle. I've always been a stay out of harms way type of player:)

  4. Re:Lol by CondeZer0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    > PGP was bloatware before. Now that the most talented producer of bloatware in the world (Symantec) bought it, the PGP software will might soon win the bloatware of the year award.

    If Adobe bought Symantec I suspect the massive concentration of bloat would cause the creation of a super massive black hole that would eat instantaneously eat up the whole solar system.

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  5. What is this, aquire and merger week? by frambris · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody seems to buy eachother this week. By the end of the year the Internet is run by three companies: MicroApple (software), HP (hardware) and Ciscoogle (Internet)

  6. Re:Oh. My. God. by Amouth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I work for a giant TLA. ... We're headed straight to hell, aren't we?

    humm I believe you have already arrived

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  7. This is fantastic! by JonJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always wanted encryption-software from people who can't write a fucking uninstaller properly.

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