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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by astrodust on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:52PM (#18729014)
It's where programs go to die. Corel today is what Computer Associates was twenty years ago.
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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by mikestew on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:50PM (#18729469)
Took the words right out of my stdin. Had I not caught your comment out of the corner of my eye, I was about to post word-for-word the same.

It worked for CA for a while, and then...it didn't? I'd have to go look up what happened to them, because they one day just weren't on my radar anymore.

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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by cstejerean on Thursday December 20, 2018 @07:14PM (#18730447)
The renamed themselves to CA Technologies and were bought by Broadcom recently for $18B.
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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by unmole on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:58AM (#18732168)
> Took the words right out of my stdin.

Don't you mean stdout?

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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by mikestew on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:48PM (#18734998)
Given that it is a play on “took the words right out of my mouth”, you’re probably right.
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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by agret on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:47PM (#18730882)
RIP VET Anti-Virus :( CA Anti-Virus was so bad.
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