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Intel Buys McAfee

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-virus-scanners dept.

Several readers have noted that Intel has agreed to buy McAfee, the computer antivirus software maker, for about $7.7 billion in cash. There is also a press release available if you are into that sort of thing.

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  1. Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    McAfee is finally in the hands of someone qualified to figure out how to completely uninstall it.

    1. Re:Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      McAfee is finally in the hands of someone qualified to figure out how to completely uninstall it.

      Or at least 99.999967217864781687% of it.

    2. Re:Finally... by alx5000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do you mean 1998.999967217864781687?

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    3. Re:Finally... by alexhs · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do you mean 1998.999967217864781687?
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      My 0.02 cents

      Well, that's where your 0.02 cents come handy as:
      1998.999967217864781687 + 0.0002 = 1999.

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  2. Wow! by spiffmastercow · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could buy a cross country railroad for that kind of money!

    1. Re:Wow! by R.Mo_Robert · · Score: 5, Funny

      You could buy a cross country railroad for that kind of money!

      Finally, some standard units instead of all this USD nonsense!

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      R.Mo
  3. Re:Will they kill it? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And deprive millions of corporate IT drones of their false sense of security?!?!? Are you insane, man???

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  4. All part of their core business by PingSpike · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intel plans to release a final update to all Mcafee users that will force uninstall the software from their machines, increasing the performance of Intel systems by 300%.

  5. Re:Why? by fuzzix · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just a research venture. Intel is trying to figure out how McAfee can use up so much of a CPU that it should be put out of its misery.

    Nah, Intel actually bought HP - McAfee just came bundled.

  6. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But it's only a trial version. After 60 days Intel will have to pay again to keep McAfee for a year.