AtGuard verkocht aan Symantec

Valkenier schrijft: "De door velen gebruikt AtGuard firewall is verkocht aan Symantec en zal worden opgenomen in Norton Internet Security 2000":

SEATTLE—October 22, 1999—WRQ, Inc. today announced licensing agreements with Symantec Corporation of Cupertino, California and ASCII Network Technology of Tokyo, Japan for WRQ AtGuard software. AtGuard technology has been incorporated into ymantec's Norton Internet Security 2000 and ASCII Network Technology's WinWrapper.

WRQ retains rights to the product and its core technology. WRQ will continue to sell AtGuard to individual users from the www.AtGuard.com site through November 21st.