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Symantec gets ready to take on Microsoft
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: At RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson knocks Microsoft's security efforts and says the upcoming merger with Veritas Software will provide businesses with an optimal product for corporate compliance.

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