Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!liz From: liz@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Liz Allen-Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Norton Utilities Message-ID: <1990Jul19.044510.17461@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Date: 19 Jul 90 04:45:10 GMT References: <5510@mnetor.UUCP>, <1990Jul16.234631.29803@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA Lines: 40 rk39+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Joseph Kuszewski) writes: >According to this week's issue of InfoWorld, Norton Utilities for the >Macintosh will NEVER be released. It was scheduled for release this >summer, but will never find it's way to shelves because SYMANTEC bought >out Norton Utilities corp. The article went on to say that the "best >features" of Norton Utils for the Mac will be integrated into the next >release of SUM. This is completely wrong. The product will be shipped just as soon as all of show-stopper bugs have been removed. The last month and a half of testing and compatibility rewrites were mostly caused by compatibility with other products (Note: there is a company in southern Washington state that has caused much of this.) I can't put words in their mouths, but it will be in the next month unless something REALLY severe is discovered. The product is extremely thorough-going and most professional. It will sell to anyone with even the slightest interest in any of the fuctionality provided. It is easy to use and well thought out. >PS: It might amuse you to know that the new version of Norton Utilities >for the PC has been delayed because SYMANTEC marketing didn't like the >way the package looked. ... And people wonder why I don't like >SYMANTEC... If people who had no information to provide, but were merely making up factoids, were barred from Usenet, the net would have about 1% the bandwidth of today. This is one of the factoids that would be removed. Alex Source: discussions with 15 Norton employees, and constant beta-testing. -- Alex Pournelle, freelance thinker Also: Workman & Associates, Data recovery for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; BIX: alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 fax: (818) 794-2297 bbs: 791-1013; 8N1 24/12/3