John McAfee

History is sympathetic to its authors.

John McAfee (born 18 September 1945) is an American computer programmer, businessman, founder of McAfee Anti-Virus company, and a 2016 Libertarian Party presidential candidate.

Quotes

• 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 Sindhis (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)

• Software 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

External links

• John McAfee's website
• McAfee's 2016 presidential campaign website
• John McAfee on Facebook
• John McAfee's channel on YouTube
• Profile at NNDB
• "Zone Labs To Get Funding, New Board Member", InformationWeek (2 October 2000)
• "It's Official: Network Associates Becomes McAfee", PC World (1 July 2004)
• "John McAfee's Last Stand", Wired (24 December 2012)
• "Dancing with a Madman", Psychology Today, (7 May 2013)
• "John McAfee: Addict, coder, runaway", by Leo Kelion, BBC News (11 October 2013)