Peter Norton Computing

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Peter Norton Computing, Inc.

Industry	Software Engineering
Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founder	Peter Norton
Fate	merged into Symantec (in 1990)
Successor	Symantec (then NortonLifeLock later Gen Digital)

Peter Norton Computing, Inc., was a software company founded by Peter Norton. The first and best known software package it produced was Norton Utilities. Another successful software package was Norton Commander, especially the DOS version. The company in this form lasted from its founding in 1982 until 1990, when it was acquired by Symantec (now Gen Digital).

The Symantec merger helped Norton Computing regain the market share it was losing to competitors, especially Central Point Software. Norton Computing's revenues tripled between June 1990 and September 1991, and by November it appeared to have regained the market lead over Central Point.