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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 954923" data-attributes="member: 74969">I don&#039;t see how a lot of cherry-picked technology would NOT be integrated, along (they hope) with the loyal user base and choice personnel. For example:&nbsp; when Sophos acquired SurfRight, HitmanPro.Alert was integrated into Sophos&#039; InterceptX but SurfRight still maintained its brands and a lot of its autonomy. Mark Loman, co-founder of SurfRight , is now chief engineer at Sophos, they sayThis autonomy seems is still&nbsp; in effect when Sophos was acquired by Thoma Bravo holdings for almost 4 billion USD.&nbsp; It also owns part of McAfee.But that&#039;s Sophos.&nbsp; At this point, we&#039;re speculating about Norton et al.Edit:&nbsp; off topic[spoiler]I just happened to look thru the various companies Thoma Bravo owns a stake in and one jumped out:&nbsp; SolarWinds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Didn&#039;t that get majorly hacked some time ago?&nbsp; Made the news.&nbsp; Probably lawsuits are ongoing.[/spoiler]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 954923, member: 74969"] I don't see how a lot of cherry-picked technology would NOT be integrated, along (they hope) with the loyal user base and choice personnel. For example: when Sophos acquired SurfRight, HitmanPro.Alert was integrated into Sophos' InterceptX but SurfRight still maintained its brands and a lot of its autonomy. Mark Loman, co-founder of SurfRight , is now chief engineer at Sophos, they say This autonomy seems is still in effect when Sophos was acquired by Thoma Bravo holdings for almost 4 billion USD. It also owns part of McAfee. But that's Sophos. At this point, we're speculating about Norton et al. Edit: off topic [spoiler]I just happened to look thru the various companies Thoma Bravo owns a stake in and one jumped out: SolarWinds. Didn't that get majorly hacked some time ago? Made the news. Probably lawsuits are ongoing.[/spoiler] [/QUOTE]

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