Symantec investors give OK to Veritas deal

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Vote paves the way to the $13.5 billion purchase of the storage maker by the security giant.

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Symantec, Please Spend $$ on ...
by 201293546946733175101343322673 June 25, 2005 2:37 AM PDT: ... on really "upgrading" your software applications, instead of just doing some useless tweaks and changing the product year just to "make" it looks like a new application. Seriously, when do you stop treating your customers like suckers? :); Like this Reply to this comment

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