Talk:VERITAS Software

The name "VERITAS" is always capitalized. The company does not have a trademark on the name "Veritas". See the trademark usage page for more info. -- Scott 10:19, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

The encyclopedia is not a promotional device for companies. The practice of rendering a company&rsquo;s name in all caps is promoted by the companies themselves, to make their brand names scream off the page. That is not our job. They can do it themselves, if they like, but we are not obligated to follow. Veritas may always render its name in all caps, but an examination of the encyclopedia shows that the majority of pages already used lowercase, including this article itself, except for the title line. Neutral point of view demands that we follow standard practice for the encyclopedia, not company-dictated brand enhancement. &mdash; Ford 11:20, 2004 Dec 31 (UTC)


 * I'm moving it back again. According to any of the company's various SEC filings, the legal name is "VERITAS Software Corporation". Brand enhancement or no, it is the name of the company.  -- Scott  ei&#960;  09:50, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

Have reinstated a link to, previously removed by another editor, believing it to be spam. I don't regard it as spam, as contains a profile of VERITAS. --Sgkay 07:27, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * The use of all-caps is specifically addressed in the Manual of Style at MOS:TM. We don't do it. I'm moving the article back. GlassFET 20:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Merge of Veritas Storage Foundation into this article?
It was suggested that Veritas Storage Foundation be merged into this article. It should remain seperate, as it is a product, and not the sole product of Veritas Software. Note that Symantec continues to sell Veritas Storage Foundation, so it is no longer tied exclusively to this article. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 18:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed - should remain definitely remain seperate. As should Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Volume Manager and VERITAS File System. --Oscarthecat 19:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge of Tolerant Systems
I suggest merging Tolerant into this article. Nobody else links to Tolerant and AFAIK it serves as the logical predecessor only to VERITAS. -- Austin Murphy 19:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * tentatively approve after it is merged, it will probably have to be rewritten and branched out to a History of Veritas Software article almost immediately. Aliasd 03:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Due to the Symantec merger, VERITAS is already historical. -- Austin Murphy 17:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Performed merge. -- Austin Murphy 17:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)