“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.
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Source: on Twitter https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096, 16 October 2020
“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.
“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.
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“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.
BBC News: "John McAfee: Addict, coder, runaway" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24441931 (11 October 2013)
“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
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