Re: [Thinkpad] T43: Norton Systemworks Basic Edition <--> AVG

Because Symantec pays them to do so. The Ad business is amazing. Look what
ads did for Google. PC Magazine is part of a publishing empire which runs
Symantec ads in a large number of publications.

There is big money in this business.

Four years ago, McAfee made $220 million of of their product, and they are
nothing compared to Symantec. This security business is a cash cow for the
computer industry...

And amazingly so... when you see how the screw up things, and don't even
have a way for people to complain or get their money back.

There is no truth in advertising or publishing, and very little regulation
of the printed word in relationship to the advertised word. Who watches
over them besides Consumer Reports..

On Nov 6, 2007 11:33 AM, Colgrove, George <George.Colgrove@state.vt.us>
wrote:

> Jonathan Berry:
> I wonder why PC Mag still and so frequently recommends Norton.
>
> Let me see . . . for decades it's been Ziff-Davis, Microsoft, Intel and
> Symantec at the cost of all others. Compaq or HP and at times Dell
> often got kudos. If it actually had quality - it never got more then a
> mention in some obscure column. On the other hand, if it met the good
> ol boy's network of crappy computing junk, - well it was published. I
> often believed PCMag's opinion had a lot to do with advertising income.
> I would not consider anything from Ziff-Davis as legit journalism
>
> George
>
>
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>
> I also remove Norton at every opportunity.
>
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2023974,00.asp
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2101117,00.asp
>
> --
> happy
> Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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