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not a very elegant way to describe redundancies but then what to expect from a company led by a CEO who's the epitome of uncouthness, who slings from TV studios to IT conferences with same panache of a corpulent, sweaty monkey. A company that sells overblown, convoluted, virus friendly software that so much appeal to the uneducated and impecunious masses who shop at Walmart.
not surprising really
- by daviddohoney June 23, 2009 7:30 AM PDT
- Poor Bill, What a humanitarian.
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