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by fefe23 2072 days ago
The title is deceptive.

OP is not some independent site doing a neutral review. This is a competitor pretending to be neutral (and doing a laughably bad job at it; the "referee" is their evangelist).

So they basically make a untrustworthy video that (surprise, surprise) comes to the conclusion that their product is better, provoke Palo Alto into a hamfisted knee-jerk response, and now try to drum up cheap publicity by posing as the victim.

I have always regarded Palo Alto's products as snake oil, so this is not a fan defending their team.

That said: This behavior of Orca is reprehensible and you should not reward them with your attention.

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Fefe, We never said we're objective. Marketing is almost never objective. We tried to make it objective, but naturally - we're biased. But should the larger player be allowed to stop the smaller one from publishing his materials?
So the more accurate title should be "Palo Alto Networks sends cease-and-desist letter to take down comparative advertisement"?

Not that I agree with Palo Alto's lawyer, I just don't like misleading titles.