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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 29 July 2006 10:06 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> McAfee profit dips amid stock option probe
>>>
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>>>| McAfee shares fell 13 percent to $20.85 in after-hours trading from a
>>>| close of $24.02 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6099443.html
>>>
>>> (That's the company that blames Linux for Windows viruses)
>>
>> As I noted before, they /need/ windows, and they /need/ windows to be
>> insecure. Linux is useless to them, as is OSX, as neither of them
>> suffer from the virus problem.
>
> I came across something quite awkward yesterday. I wouldn't
> manage to find my way back to the article (URL), but there
> was something to imply that McAfee had snuck its nose into
> the Linux mobile platform alliance. I can't recall the
> context and I don't see why mobiles would be a form of
> attraction to an AV maker, especially given that Linux is
> used. Speaking of selling a placebo...
>
> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/07/19/palm-anti-virus-the-scam/
>
Maybe, /unless/ Motorola persist in having everything run as root on
their phones. If they do that, then their phones could be as at-risk as
a symbian one...
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