I have been following this thread with some amusement. Of COURSE the
prima-facie reason is US government concern; whether it is justified or
not is a matter of curiosity.
I believe that there is possibly another reason - that Checkpoint backed
out because it the value of the deal became less attractive with all the
hassle and negative publicity.
Backing out was a business reason; it just wasnt worth the trouble.
Checkpoint use the open source version of Snort in Interspect and the
prospects for the IPS market are not all that promising if you look at
the financial results and the multipliers of IPS companies. For example
Cisco's IPS business is about 10M out of a 1BN network security
business. Outside the US (and Israel) the IPS market is not growing
particularly well so future revenue prospects for Sourcefire RNA are
well, "ok" but not "amazing".
I can imaging Checkpoint management saying, let's cut our losses and
move on.
Danny
Aviram Jenik wrote:
On Saturday 25 March 2006 00:42, Amos Shapira wrote:
On 3/25/06, Aviram Jenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As always, it's a combination of several things. There's a very good
write-up about it on eWeek that explains the situation:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1934909,00.asp
It doesn't reveal any new facts about the subject (except mentioning
that he wrote about
your company previously).
What kind of "new information" were you looking for? The facts are there;
there's nothing left to do but add commentary.
I'm still baffled about why the US government should care - it's a
widely-spread rumor
that they use Check Point's firewall to protect their highest network
assets, for instance.
Well, I guess you didn't really read the article (perhaps you just read the
part where our company is mentioned?) Larry explains quite clearly that the
US government is a customer of Sourcefire, and they are concerned about the
product "that is used to protect computers with sensitive information" will
become owned by a Foreign company that will have control over the product.
Oded - Larry takes a stand against the "foreign company" part. Can he
therefore be excluded from the "stupid American" group? Please? Please? If
required, I'm sure he'll be willing to take an IQ test (or whatever else you
think appropriate)
- Aviram
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