John McAfee

John McAfee (1945-09-18) Founder of McAfee Anti-Virus company and self help author

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• A good example is more irritating than a bad one.
  • From a presentation in Munich, Jan 1991, in response to an audience question on why his competitors complained about his business practices.^{[specific citation needed]}

• If you own the facts, you may distort them as you like.
  • To anti-virus researcher Pame Kane at the 1992 Computer Virus Conference in response to Kane’s assertion that McAfee’s virus scanner did not work.

• Ignorance and confidence are constant companions
  • “Into the Heart of Truth” 2001

• Disobedience is the vehicle of progress.
  • Explaining why he did not follow the normal rules of business to reporter Josh Quittner in 1992

• History is sympathetic to its authors.
  • “Into the Heart of Truth” 2001

• If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none.
  • Anti-virus presentation, Sydney Australia, 1991, on the general trend away from virus scanning as a valid method of virus control.

• Opinions need a willing ear.
  • “Beyond the Siddhis” 2002

• If you have the winning cards, why cheat?
  • Good Morning America, June 1991 when asked if he manipulated the results of his product’s virus detection percentage.

• Hope is paltry food for living.
  • “Into the Heart of Truth” 2001

• [S]oftware production is unlike any other production that preceded it. No raw materials are required, no time is required, and no effort is required. You can make a million copies of a piece of software instantaneously for free. It's a totally new paradigm of production.
  • "Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History of the Internet" - Part 3