FiOS Dan
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join:2001-07-06
Redondo Beach, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: Comodo acquires BOClean
said by Graycode  :I don't comprehend why Comodo wants to give out BoClean for free though  You just watch, there will be a light version called "BOClean Free" and a fee-based, full-featured version called "BOClean Pro" or something like that. As the saying goes, "There's no cross on the top of the Comodo building." They didn't shell out the money to buy BOClean for altruistic reasons. 
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Jrb2
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Completely old and now useless discussion about Netbus.
BOClean does not have that option anymore. |
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fatdcuk
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England
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said by SpannerITWks :As you can several detects right there ! Spanner Is that a free version you are using Spanner  |
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ZZZZZZZ
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PARADISE |  reply to rotty97
So what happens to those that paid for Boclean for life?
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mers2
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| reply to rotty97
I owe someone an apology. I convinced them to buy BoClean about a week ago. If I had known Kevin and Nancy were even thinking about this I would not have encouraged the sale. I understand why they might have done it, but I'm still extremely disappointed by this. And that that Kevin and Nancy never gave even a hint they were thinking of selling.
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ross
join:2000-08-16
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said by Mowergun :If BOClean becomes free, then I wonder what happens to the immunity from intimidation by bad guys that the makers of BOClean have as a consequence of the NY court ruling. My understanding is that since they have not in the past made available a free evaluation version, they have a right to detect whatever they want on behalf of their subscribers. Like a private club... THAT is the primary question for me as well. As ludicrous as the need for such protection seems, it is pure buffoonery to throw it away and open yourself to lawsuits from malware writers, or to reducing the effective protections of the program due to threats of legal action from black-hats.
I paid for BOClean, and I'm a more than a little disturbed that it will be given away for free. "FREE" usually results in NO OBLIGATION to maintain and improve the product, and inevitably leads to it becoming either ineffectual, discontinued, or both. |
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mers2
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| reply to Ryan
said by Ryan :SAID BY COMODO CEO Melih » forums.comodo.com/index.php?topic=7549.15"Well, we will continue with the whole product range. We will make available sizeable amount of resources to Kevin so that he can take all these products to next level. Kevin will be responsible (as he was) for taking these products to next level and we as Comodo will support him fully by enabling much more resources for him. All we want to do is to continue the great tradition that Kevin & Nancy has successfully carried out and enable Kevin to make his products even better. He just has more resources to achieve it now." So kevin is also working with comodo now. This might not be as bad as everyone thinks. If Kevin remains behind the product, I feel a little better. But I really have a bad feeling about this. I've seen this movie too many times in recent years and it never ends well.
I'd feel better if either Kevin or Nancy posted in this thread, or if they had at least given a heads up to customers.
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bellgamin
Kachunga
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1 edit | reply to Graycode
said by Graycode :I don't comprehend why Comodo wants to give out BoClean for free though. It's an interesting question.
I wonder if it won't eventually turn into a pattern that some of us have witnessed too many times before. Namely, a store owned by a *big box* corporation moves into an area that is presently serviced by local (Mom & Pop) stores. The BIG store undersells the local stores. Local stores die. BIG store becomes free to do whatever it bloody wants to do.
For another instance -- just try & find a TV that is still made in whatever nation you live in. Try find tech support that's still in your home country. Is there a pattern here? One can but wonder. |
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SnowyOne
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join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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| reply to ZZZZZZZ
said by ZZZZZZZ :So what happens to those that paid for Boclean for life? I'm sure that 'for life' refers to the life of the company & not the life of the product. It was an unsustainable offer in the first place. It doesn't matter how good a program is, without a regenerating cash source, it's doomed. |
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Jrb2
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said by mers2 :I'd feel better if either Kevin or Nancy posted in this thread, or if they had at least given a heads up to customers. Nancy posted at Wilders:
»www.wilderssecurity.com/showthre···t=169978
reply # 35
quote:
Hello everyone,
Thanks so much for your good wishes. It was a long and hard decision for us to make, for us and our customers. I feel that the best possible choice was made.
Support of existing users will continue. There is now an analysis group dedicated to supporting BOClean, so you can continue to expect the same level of update support as you've had in the past. Comodo shares the same commitment as PSC in fighting malware, regardless of consequences. I foresee nothing substationally changing for BOClean users.
Kevin will be able to, with all the resources now available to him at Comodo, to make BOClean everything we always wished we had the time and resources for.
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Be1ge
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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Canada
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1 edit | reply to ZZZZZZZ
said by ZZZZZZZ :So what happens to those that paid for Boclean for life? That's my main concern as well as,will BOClean go the way Ewido did when Avg bought them, don't get me wrong Ewido was a great program and still is as Avg, all i am saying is that i hope BOClean stays the way it has been over the years and Comodo doesn't force Kevin to change anything or turn it into a suite, BOClean is fine the way it is.
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Jrb2
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SnowyOne
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| reply to mers2
said by mers2 :I owe someone an apology. I convinced them to buy BoClean about a week ago. Time to make use of the 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee. |
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SpannerITWks
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join:2005-04-22
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fcukdat
Yes it is, well free to me lol, but now anyone else will be able to install it for Free too. And also you as well, err ligit this time !
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| reply to Jrb2
said by Jrb2 :Completely old and now useless discussion about Netbus. BOClean does not have that option anymore. Right! But... I didn't bring it up!
Talk to Mowergun about his post.
Still wondering if BOClean will ever get a full fledged scanner option instead of a single file only.
Doesn't really matter to me though, does it?
I never get hit with anything.
Ah well, sorry to everyone that has paid for the soon to be freebie BOClean.
As a side note... *I* paid for Opera way back when... now y'all get to download it for free - and it is STILL the best browser available. 
Although, Opera still owns Opera.
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mers2
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| reply to SnowyOne
said by SnowyOne :said by mers2 :I owe someone an apology. I convinced them to buy BoClean about a week ago. Time to make use of the 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee. Any idea how to do this now that the company has been sold?
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SnowyOne
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Kailua, HI
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| said by mers2 :Any idea how to do this now that the company has been sold? I'd email support@nsclean & ask them what the procedure is. |
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mers2
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| said by SnowyOne :said by mers2 :Any idea how to do this now that the company has been sold? I'd email support@nsclean & ask them what the procedure is. Tried that and got a message that support@nsclean is rejecting email, which may be a temporary problem. I'm trying other means at the moment to get that information.
Didn't mean to sound negative in the above posts. Kevin and Nancy provided an outstanding product and above and beyond customer support. They earned the trust and respect of their customers. Comodo is relatively new and a lot of their products still have to have the bugs worked out. They haven't yet earned the respect and trust.
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SnowyOne
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Kailua, HI | I don't know what to tell you except I'm 100% positive this will be amicably resolved rather than end up becoming a running thread over at
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