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September 2nd, 2010

Intel and McAfee — the worst security deal in history?

It’s no longer break­ing news Intel are buy­ing McAfee and although the sub­ject has been thor­oughly cov­ered in the tech press in recent days, I’ve been giv­ing the sub­ject some thought and find myself a lit­tle sur­prised at the level of con­ster­na­tion — even out­rage — expressed by some com­men­ta­tors (or their read­ers) on the subject.

What is it about this deal that seems to have wound peo­ple up? Here are my thoughts.