Re: Norton Ghost 2003???

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From: Greg R (webworm12_at_yes.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:13:27 -0500

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.
 
Someone in the xp general group told me that.

>On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock <rock@comcast.nospam.net> wrote:

>Al Smith wrote:
>
>>> I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer.
>>> However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost
>>> 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.
>>
>>
>> Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so
>> they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all
>> their backup sales to Drive Image.
>
>Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new
>version of Ghost. It now requires the .Net Framework. I would guess
>that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a
>track record of killing off products they buy.

Greg R

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