Intel in $7.68bn McAfee takeover

[BomberAF]

Mc Afee's AV is much better this year than it was last year, but TBH I don't know what to believe when it comes to AV's and their claims any more!

 

[Win7User512]

What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?

 

[Dinesh]

What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?

I dont think AV software will ever have monopoly.

 

[Thorsen]

What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?

This would be considered anti-competitive and they would be sued by all....10 years later.

 

[Win7User512]

What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?

This would be considered anti-competitive and they would be sued by all....10 years later.

Sure, I thought of that. But they could tell people to go buy AMD. Or, stated differently, what if they just said "McAffee (or whatever they will call it) works BEST on Intel chips."

They aren't dumb or foolish. They must have found a loophole.

 

[Thorsen]

Sure, I thought of that. But they could tell people to go buy AMD. Or, stated differently, what if they just said "McAffee (or whatever they will call it) works BEST on Intel chips."

They aren't dumb or foolish. They must have found a loophole.

Very true :roflmao:

 

[JMH]

Intel to Buy Security Giant McAfee for $7.68 Billion in Cash

Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies.

The deal, which is part of Intel's new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to get the go ahead from McAfee's shareholders and regulators.

However, when it's finalized, McAfee will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, operating within its Software and Services Group.

This will effectively transform the leading chip maker into one of the biggest players on the computer security market almost overnight.

It's not hard to imagine that Intel will combine its capabilities and resources in the hardware development area with McAfee's extensive security know-how to produce new solutions that will possibly change the security landscape.

"Hardware-enhanced security will lead to breakthroughs in effectively countering the increasingly sophisticated threats of today and tomorrow," commented Renée James, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the company's Software and Services Group.

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Intel to Buy Security Giant McAfee for $7.68 Billion in Cash - - Softpedia

 

[CarlTR6]

This can only improve McAfee. It is an interesting acquisition.

 

[pparks1]

I think this has been posted about 3-4 other times on here already today. People must be extremely interested in this story.

 

[Petey7]

What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?

Then I will use only AMD chips for the rest of my life. Even if the remove the requirement sometime down the road.

 

[Borg 386]

As I said earlier, Intel does bundle instruction sets into the processor that allows certain programs/games/etc. to run smoother. Some people opt for those certain programs/games if they know they'll perform better.

Although I don't think they would make it so that ONLY McAfee would run on the system (that would launch a lot of lawsuits), the included instruction set for that AV alone could sway people to opt for McAfee if they knew it would run faster and consume less memory.

They obviously see something worth grabbing. Maybe they always wanted to get into the AV business and with the list of epic fails from McAfee lately, hell, they might be getting a good buy for all we know.

 

[Borg 386]

And here's the bottom line:

With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

In the future, you may not have to buy antivirus software for your laptops and mobile devices if Intel is able to live up to the promise of integrating technology from acquisition target McAfee, experts said on Thursday.
In announcing its plans to acquire security company McAfee for $7.68 billion, Intel executives said they see security as being as critical to computing as performance and connectivity and that they plan to combine security with its hardware and expand further into the mobile market.

Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$