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internetnews.com: Symantec, Veritas Marriage Gets Mixed Reviews

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 18, 2004

“While vendors slugged it out over new customers over the last
couple of months, two giants in their respective markets were
hatching a plan to ambush the software market with a blockbuster
merger.

“Symantec’s bid to acquire Veritas Software for $13.5 billion
Thursday reverberated through an industry beset by consolidation,
as the software market has been nothing if not an expanding and
contracting industry…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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