i think i speak on behalf of many here: WHAT... THE... FUK?!?
that's like trojan buying a porno studio, sure they're in a related field but where the heck is the synergy?
Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
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Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#62Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought unwanted default installs are the only way McAfee ends up on computers anyway.
And corporate sales (writing this from a corporate PC with McAfee installed). At least it's not obnoxious.
but it does bring a machine to its knees compared to the Microsoft Security Essentials product
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is McAfee really that bad?
In April they issued an update that accidentally targeted legitimate Windows system files, causing the updated boxes to bluescreen. Astounding enterprise-level incompetence.
That might be excusable once (not really), but the problem is they do it every 3 months. Seriously, stay away from this stuff.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
7.7 Billion dollars for UI design? It seems strange that Intel is investing in this particular sector that leverages mostly Windows stuff. They should move out of Steve Ballmer's basement and make their own OS. Why do they want to make software for platforms when their competencies are on hardware? One that doesn't look like a antivirus program for Windows.
I don't really get how you can write: "They should move out of Steve Ballmer's basement and make their own OS." and "Why do they want to make software for platforms when their competencies are on hardware?" at the same time.
They're leapfrogging to a niche market of going from hardware to security on the Windows platform. What's the gain in getting into an specific platform's flaws (antivirus) and development environment? That's the corner of the platform itself, not to mention the scope of the OS industry.
If they want to do software, they should develop a OS, maybe for Atom or some kind of mobile platform or otherwise.
Antivirus is back and to the left.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#66Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
Is McAfee really worthier than Sun? If IBM took a deal with Sun at that high, the Sun would have moved around the earth and Oracle doesn't stand a chance to slur the OS community!
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#67Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
I'm definitely biased as a MS employee, but I can't underscore enough MSE as an Antivirus solution - it's the least annoying AV on the market and has the least perf impact on your system. Literally, you install it and it only bothers you when it absolutely has to.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#68talk about being overpriced... i guess the bankers knew how to negotiate
"advised by Goldman Sachs" Who wants to bet Goldman took a large, long McAfee position in the last couple of days? From an unrelated portion of the company, performing usual hedging activities, naturally :-)
You might want to brush up on the Glass-Steagall Act, which expressly prohibits these types of activities within organizations. i.e. ... "The Wall"
And with Goldman under the regulatory microscope right now, I bet they are on the straight and narrow.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Intel offered 60% more than McAfee was worth yesterday. Basically if you buy MFE now (up 57% as I write), you're essentially just buying a bond with a 3% return between now and when the stock switches to Intel. Of course, there's always a chance the deal isn't completed for whatever reason. As for Intel going down, I would sell too. I don't really see how this deal makes sense.
The purchaser's stock typically goes down because the company just spent a lot of money... whether loaned or not.
Very true. My point was that this just seems like a bad idea to me, and it would scare me from holding the stock if management keeps making deals like this.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is McAfee really that bad?
In April they issued an update that accidentally targeted legitimate Windows system files, causing the updated boxes to bluescreen. Astounding enterprise-level incompetence.
From what I've heard, Intel HQ was hit by this as well.