How intel wanting the sidwinder firewall that mcafeee now owns??? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have no insight on intel's plans on their purchase of McAfee. But, if I > were to speculate... > > $7.7 Billion is no chump change, but they made $4.4 Billion in net income > last year, so they can afford it. Also, McAfee may be known to us as slow, > bloated and not as effective as some other AV suites, but to the rest of the > world they're the #2 AntiVirus company. And they make $2 Billion a year. > > If I know intel, they will keep the very smart people at McAfee, and a few > of the higher-up muckidy-mucks as well... then let the others go through > attrition. They will take the McAfee product and immediately slap their logo > on the box, (but won't replace the McAfee logo or name just yet) and leave > the product unchanged for now. > > Finally, they will use this new IP and braintrust that they have purchased > and integrate it with something on their hardware. "Works best on intel" > antivirus, or built in protection on smartphone chips. (i.e.: Remember, > intel is the #1 seller of graphics hardware.) > > Also, there may be something up McAfee's sleave which we are unaware of > that intel wants. That's always a possibility. It could be anything from an > emerging technology to patents. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Aldrich > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 > 09:27:50 -0700 > Subject: RE: Will AMD buy NORTON next??? > > > > Here's an interesting thought. Maybe now that Intel is buying McAfee, > > they'll "optimize" it so that it "runs best" on Intel processors? That > might > > help sell a few more Intel procs. > > > > > > > > John-AldrichTile-Tools > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 12:18 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Will AMD buy NORTON next??? > > > > > > > > I never said it wasn't silly, I think it is, but my point was about > > symantec. Symantec doesn't show any signs of being interested in > hardware. > > Intel's dallied with software in the past, at least. > > > > > > > > I can imagine a room full of Intel executives. We have piles of cash > here, > > and we're hitting a wall on delivering ever faster chips. We need to > > broaden our exposure to new markets or find ways to vertically integrate > > along our product line more, or find a way to enter into untapped > markets, > > especially in this wireless devices area. Let's buy a company. Someone > > knows someone who knows someone who knows that McAfee might be interested > in > > being bought out. Voila, you have more money than sense meeting up with > > craptastic decision making one oh one. > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > >> Let's imagine Symantec purchases GFI that bought Vipre! > > > > > > > > That's just silly. > > > > And paying nearly eight gigabucks for McAfee isn't? > > > > Of the two, I think I'd rather buy Symantec (although that's a > > pretty poor choice). > > > > -- Ben > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
