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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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)