Recently Intel CEO Paul Otellini made what, on the surface, appears to be a curious statement at D:
Pressed about security by (a reporter), Mr Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else."
The Register suggests it is all about selling new hardware down the road. Very plausible.
In the meantime I wonder if Mr Jobs is going to quote Mr Otellini?
I also wonder what an hour of Mr Otellini's time is worth? Certainly more than the price of an iMac G5... many companies coddle their bigwigs with home tech support.
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