RSSAdobe, Symantec Forge Partnership
By Ed Oswald | Published March 2, 2006, 10:20 AM
Adobe and Symantec forged a partnership Thursday that would offer downloaders of the popular Adobe Acrobat program a trial of Norton Internet Security 2006, as well as discounts on the full version of the software. While the deal initially covers only Acrobat Reader, it could be expanded to other popular Adobe products in the future.
Acrobat and Flash Player, which Adobe acquired through its purchase of Macromedia last year, are installed on some 600 million computers and devices worldwide.
"Adobe's trusted PDF document format and Symantec's strong track record of security and protection remove barriers to consumers getting the most out of using the Internet," Adobe Systems platform vice president Kurt Garbe said in a statement.
Symantec estimates that as many as 40 percent of Internet-connected computers are not adequately protected. The company said its new partnership with Adobe would allow a wide range of consumers to protect their computers in a cost-effective manner.
"Combining Adobe's broad reach with Symantec's award-winning PC security software will help make the Internet a safer place for people to access and engage with the information and services they need," Garbe added.
Details on discounts and availability of the bundle were not immediately available.
They need to create partnership, since Microsoft is getting ready to strongly compete with them, so in order to be able to take MS. They need all the help they can get. Why? Cause as we all know Microsoft will use its money and windows monopoly to create a cheap product and steal customers from them until they either are no longer a treat or they go bankrupt.
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|symantec is forcing people to use their stuff, i don't like that at all. first sygate then Google pack now adobe.
rather then spending money on these companies , they should start writing a completely new antivirus from ground up. or they can buy a good antivirus, and they should also provide a free antivirus(with less features) for individual use.
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|Adobe Reader --> Bloatware (look at its memory consumption)
Norton Internet Security --> Bloatware
Adobe Reader + NIS = That's about the maximum number of bloatwares that an average PC can take.
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|new Adobe Reader is very very fast.
to reduce memory consumption , disable few drivers u don't use
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|Oh, boy. What, are they collaborating on how to ensure that a given Adobe or Symantec program takes up as much of the system's resources as possible?
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|Oh boy, I hope they take this cool new idea farther, because I'd really like to download Adobe Reader with bundled Symantec SystemWorks, Symantec Ghost, Symantec WinFAX Pro, America On-Line (can't seem to find it anywhere else), Real Player, Google Toolbar, iTunes, and Cool Whip dessert topping.
And it sure would be convenient if the default was to install everything, and it would save me a lot of time if they automatically subscribed me to every email that Adobe, Symantec, AOL, Real, Google, Apple, and Kraft Foods can come up with. Just dreaming out loud here, but I hope their privacy policy lets me click once and agree to total domination of my computer and dessert dishes for eternity. Thank you, Adobe! Thank you!!!
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|Terrible news. Symantec trying to get on every pc, however this could be every IT Tech's dream come true - no lack of customers!
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|Hah, that's true! I'll be reformatting to clear crap off for years to come! =D
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|I think this is a bad idea for the typical end user. Adobe Acroread is a necessary program for optimal use of the Internet, but Norton Internet Security is not. Most end users don't have a clue
to how much RAM they have on their system (Norton Internet Security eats RAM) or what Antivirus software they have installed. They also don't realize that they would have to completely remove any older Antivirus software they have installed in order to use the new bundled download. I really think this bundle will cause problems for the typical end user (approx. 70-80% of PC owners).
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|what's good for the business isn't always good for the consumer unfortunately. i doubt the majority of you purchase any adobe products anyways so we can all yell about how much we hate adobe for doing this but really ... no impact.
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|You couldn't be more wrong, Paradise. I spend a large portion of my company's software budget on Adobe products and work every day with clients and other professionals who use them. In any case, even if the majority of betanews readers do not purchase Adobe products, you're deluded if you think this deal isn't going to affect them. Most of these IT guys and gals will be the ones that have to clean up the mess after NIS --- bloated, buggy POS that it is --- has it's way with their customers' computers.
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|This has got to be the most idiotic collaboration ever. Norton products in general (and Norton Internet Security specifically) are notorious for wreaking havoc with Adobe applications. Take a peek into Adobe's user-to-user forums or any other tech forum for that matter and witness for yourself the carnage that NIS has caused.
Mindbogglingly stupid move.
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|Yay! 2 companies off my list. Woohoo!
Anyone that sides with Symantec, is a complete moron. That company totally sucks. I am not going to bother to explain it, if you don't understand, and you like Symantec, good for you, you won't be satisfied for long..
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|doesn't really matter. you do realize adobe is getting paid a crap load to do this, right?
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|This is why people at Adobe use Foxit. Bundled bloat takes advantage of the free reader. While it might seem to make good business sense, in reality it's another black eye and another reason to use other pdf tools.
Adobe may have come up with PDF, but they've gotten away from why PDF is good.
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|great it was bad enough we had the hassle to watch out that actrobat did not install the yahoo toolbar on our computer now we have to watch that it doesn't install Norton's software on it.
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