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> The fact that they have to resort to legal means to secure their own source code is not a positive indication that they do a good job. Really? So if I, a s

> The fact that they have to resort to legal means to secure their own source code is not a positive indication that they do a good job. Really? So if I, a supposedly reputable citizen have to resort to calling the police after my house is broken into that reflects poorly on me? Symantec may have doen things that reflect poorly on them, but I don't think calling the police in is one of them. That's what you are supposed to do. Remember that pretty much every tech company has had some of their code broken into, whether it's microsoft's OS, to Google's Chinese gmail back doors to oracle's db leak.

freehunter 15y ago
>So if I, a supposedly reputable citizen have to resort to calling the police after my house is broken into that reflects poorly on me? No, if you as the CEO of ADT had to call the police after a home break-in, that would reflect poorly on you. Symantec is not a "reputable citizen", they're a security vendor. It's not the fact that they called the police, it's the fact that calling the police was necessary at all.
- chollida1 15y ago
  > No, if you as the CEO of ADT had to call the police after a home break-in Really? That's a really silly point of view. Break ins happen at the most secure places, and a police report is required to collect any insurance. Calling the police is not only the smart thing to do, it's also the right thing to do.