Apparently found dead in a Barcelona prison, an hour after Spain had agreed to extradite him to the US.
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Originally posted by WOM View PostI really hope someone is writing the exhaustive book on this guy, because his last five years or so can't be believed.
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His involvement with McAfee the company ran only from 1987 to 1994 - it's remarkable that the brand still exists, especially considering his behaviour over a long period of time, but I guess it's become like Hoover now.
Peter Norton sold off his company even earlier, in 1990, but has since lived a more blameless life. I was more of a Norton fan, especially Utilities for the Mac, which saved the day a few times for me in the early 90s. But I've never installed anti-virus software, causes more problems than it solves in my experience, and the constant interruptions with unnecessary alerts and prompts to upgrade and update are disconcerting to inexperienced computer users, like my parents.
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When Intel bought McAfee's software, their plan was to get rid of his branding in favour of their own, but that proved not to work commercially, and they reversed themselves within a year or two.
Which says something about the kind of people who make IT purchasing decisions.
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostHis involvement with McAfee the company ran only from 1987 to 1994 - it's remarkable that the brand still exists, especially considering his behaviour over a long period of time, but I guess it's become like Hoover now.
Peter Norton sold off his company even earlier, in 1990, but has since lived a more blameless life. I was more of a Norton fan, especially Utilities for the Mac, which saved the day a few times for me in the early 90s. But I've never installed anti-virus software, causes more problems than it solves in my experience, and the constant interruptions with unnecessary alerts and prompts to upgrade and update are disconcerting to inexperienced computer users, like my parents.
Norton's Disc Doctor... that's a retro throwback to the days when Apple was the benign empire.
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostBut I've never installed anti-virus software, causes more problems than it solves in my experience, and the constant interruptions with unnecessary alerts and prompts to upgrade and update are disconcerting to inexperienced computer users, like my parents.
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The tattoo said "$Whackd", he tweeted a picture of last year with accompanying note that you shouldn't believe if it was suicide.
However, as many obituaries say today, his line between reality and fantasy was very much on the blurry side.
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