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McAfee Patents ASP Business Model

Posted by michael on from the your-patent-will-come-to-$4.65,-please-drive-through dept.

Rob Kischuk writes: "According to an article at InfoWorld, McAfee.com has been granted a patent on its variety of "software as a service". No specifics on the patent, but the CEO's statement, "You either work with us, or you work around this patent", seems to indicate that more than a couple of ASPs could be affected." kerubi gets a cookie for sending in a link to the patent in question, or read McAfee's press release.

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  1. McAfee should be forced to to make antivirus free. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just like police and the fire department cannot charge you for their services, neither should any antivirus maker be able to withold antivirus tools. These are emergency tools that must be made free to all for the security of the US telecommunications infreastructure.

  2. Google cache of article by electricmonk · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just in case it gets too heavily loaded... you can always go to the Google cache.

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