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| Gasification Archive for August 2002 |
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| 71 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:18:25 2002 |
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Re: GAS-L: Re: Capital Punishment for Virus makers
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:06:14PM +0100, David Reynolds-Lacey wrote:
> Harmon,
>
> Well said! - I agree with just about everything you say, even if you did avoid
> mentioning the "M" word and "greed" when talking about producers of defective
> operating systems and email programs. Although the comparison with Ralph Nader's
> work is not 100 percent the same - but close. However there is just one thing that
> does concern me :-
>
> Harmon Seaver wrote:
>
> > . I cheer wholeheartedly every single virus that comes out, and
> > would never lift a finger to stop their spread -- and I'm a professional systems
> > admin, remember.
>
> Are you saying that you would knowingly send a virus on to someone else?
>
That's not what I said, is it? I said I wouldn't do anything to stop the
spread. But in actuality, that's incorrect, because what I do is simply forbid
the use of M$ Outlook, or, if I can't forbid it, I just tell those that want to
use it that they are on their own, no support from systems staff will be
available if they get a virus. And I've found that when you demonstrate to
people how easy it is for them to get a virus using Outlook, where the same
virus doesn't affect Netscape, Eudora, or Pegasus; or how easy it is for a
malicious website to infect or even completely take over their computer if they
use Internet Explorer, most people are sensible enough to change. And for those
who won't, or who take the attitude of "you're not telling me what to do", oh
well! I just love Darwinian justice.
Since my software isn't affected by viruses in any way, to send them on I would
have to deliberately save a copy of it and then deliberately add it to an
email. Why would I do that?
--
Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
http://www.cybershamanix.com
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