Intel in $7.68bn McAfee takeover

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  1. BomberAF
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       New #20

    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!
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  3. Win7User512
    Posts : 1,487
    Windows 7 x64 / Same
       New #21

    What if they couple it with their chips so tightly that no other choice for AV is available though?
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  4. Dinesh
    Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
       New #22

    Win7User512 said:
    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.
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  5. Thorsen
    Posts : 3,300
    Win7 Home Premium 64x
       New #23

    Win7User512 said:
    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.
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  7. Win7User512
    Posts : 1,487
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       New #24

    Thorsen said:
    Win7User512 said:
    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.
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  8. Thorsen
    Posts : 3,300
    Win7 Home Premium 64x
       New #25

    Win7User512 said:

    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
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  9. JMH
    Posts : 7,952
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
       New #26

    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
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  11. CarlTR6
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       New #27

    This can only improve McAfee. It is an interesting acquisition.
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  12. pparks1
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       New #28

    I think this has been posted about 3-4 other times on here already today. People must be extremely interested in this story.
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  13. Petey7
    Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
       New #29

    Win7User512 said:
    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.
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