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Websense to Buy PortAuthority: Page 3 of 3

At least one user is indifferent to the news. "I haven't really thought about it," says Roger McIlmoyle, director of technical services at TLC Vision, a multi-site laser eye-surgery provider based in Mississauga, Ontario. When told about the merger, he says his thought was, "Ah, whatever. As long as PortAuthority is still a functional product."

McIlmoyle once tried Websense software, he says, but back in 2003 he didn't feel his group needed what it offered for the price. "Controlling browsing, knowing whether an employee's productivity went down because they spent too much time on the Internet... that's what you have managers for," he quips. But he acknowledges that since 2003, the product could have changed considerably.

Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch

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