[ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...

[George Johnson]

That does sound interesting.  I would not put it past M$ to pull that off as
they have stolen ideas in thier past.

What kinds of virii have bneen written for Linux lately?  Is there anyway to
keep them form harming the o/s other than finding anti-virus software.

gj

-----Original Message-----
From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:47 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...


Thinking out loud here...

We've all noticed the rise in virii on the Linux side of things lately.
While most attribute this to age, I like to think in be more X-file-ish
with explanations.

If I were running a multi-billion dollar company, one which was morally
bankrupt, how would I go about undermining confidence in a competing
system?

Why, of course, I'd secretly fund uber-hackers to develop virii for that
platform, and then make sure those virii received wide-spread publicity
and FUD.

Hmmm...

John






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