The Register is reporting that Symantec is buying a firm called 4FrontSecurity. I’m sure they’re a great company with a great product but I’m not interested in this with regards to this story.
As you may or may not know, Microsoft started branding their security products under the "Forefront" banner last year, e.g. Forefront Client Security. We all know that Symantec are ticked off with Microsoft for entering the corporate anti-malware market.
Call me paranoid (some do … but I’ve always been right, eh Baz?) but you wouldn’t think that maybe Symantec bought a firm called 4FrontSecurity so that they could stake a claim to any naming of security products called 4Front or Forefront? I’m not saying that’s their motivation or that it has even crossed their minds. I don’t know what 4FrontSecurity does … maybe they do have fantastic products and people that are worthy of an acquisition. But it does make me wonder.
Credit: The Register.