'I Can't Wait To Compete'

摘要

ONCE JOHN W.Thompson sets a goal for himself,there isn't much that can deter him.On Nov.5,the chief executive of security software giant Symantec Corp.was scheduled to make the presentation of his career,a pitch to the directors of Veritas Software Corp.on a takeover by his company that would be the largest software merger ever.He had arranged previously to have minor surgery that morning.