Broadcom and Symantec End Buyout Talks (cnbc.com) 17
phalse phace writes: Earlier this month, there was a report that Broadcom was in advance talks with Symantec about a possible buyout. It's being reported that those talks have now ended. "Symantec and Broadcom have ceased deal negotiations, sources tell CNBC's David Faber," reports CNBC. "The people familiar with the matter added that Symantec would not accept less than $28 a share. People familiar with the matter added that Broadcom indicated in early conversations that it would be willing to pay $28.25 per share for Symantec, but that following due diligence knocked that figure down below $28."
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My impression is that the company slipped down the anti-virus rathole. Symantec C++ is over there in a CD on the shelf somewhere.
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Lost relevance over time as other compilers overtook it.
They were popular on Mac for a while, and Apple licensed their C/C++ compilers for MPW replacing their own C compiler. But they didn't manage the PowerPC transition, the majority of developers switched to CodeWarrior, and Apple used IBM-derived C/C++ compilers in MPW. Symantec did license a Java JIT compiler to Apple that they used in MRJ on classic MacOS, before switching to Sun's HotSpot on OS X.
On DOS, Symantec C/C++ compilers weren't as popular a
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So what ever happened to Symantec C++?
It became Digital Mars C++ : https://digitalmars.com/ [digitalmars.com]
Here is a thread on talking about the history of it: https://digitalmars.com/d/arch... [digitalmars.com]