Comment by FatalLogic

2 months ago

>It's a really good example of why one should not name your company after your surname.

That relationship can work in the opposite way sometimes. John McAfee seemed to be getting a gleeful kick out of embarrassing the security company that had invested in the right to use his name.

Usually because he was doing zany and sketchy and potentially criminal, while expertly courting media attention. But he also used that power for good sometimes by criticizing their bad products.

For anyone in the thread that's not seen "How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus" by John McAfee, you are very, very welcome [0].

Content warning: it was made in his Alpha-PHP era, and contains a lot of sex and drug references. It's mostly sex and drugs IIRC.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

  • It's crazy how in our modern world people still might get offended because of something as common and natural as sex.

    • I don't think OP is offended, just, there's a lot of us who are in locations where we can't be watching someone yap about sex and drugs