Re: Symantec Buys @stake

[Jan Muenther <jan.muenther () nruns com>]

> So Symantec bought @stake. NAI bought Foundstone, INS bought Global 
> Integrity. Microsoft bought LSD.  The era of consolodation is upon us.
>
> Anyone have any comments on the sale?

Hm, yes I do. I'm really glad I'm not with them anymore. 

The company I currently work for has been founded by people who found it 
difficult to work independently when Lucent bought INS. One can only hope that
a few brave souls from @stake will take similar measures. 

I strongly doubt this is good for @stake's core business, too, for obvious
reasons. 

So, Symantec have really been hovering things up... it was sort of obvious 
why they bought Recourse Technologies, they probably considered it a good 
addition to their portfolio since their own IDS really blew chunks. 

With the acquisition of bugtraq and now @stake I'd be surprised though if they
didn't use their market penetration to push some standards which are "good for
everybody" sooner or later. It's a common pattern, after all. 

Cheers, J.


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