Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2702 mails)

[ulysses@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ulysses)]

On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 01:09:29AM -0400, Joris Melchior wrote:

> Just what we need, some smart*** extending and invitation to the virus
> creator community to take on the challenge of creating Unix/Linux/Java
> viruses :(
> > 
> > <A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=11407";><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=11407</A">http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=11407</A</A>>

Exactly.  And what's with that "we have an ironclad history" when
referring to Unix?  Doesn't anyone remember Robert Morris'
"Internet Worm" (the original, -real- worm; not this goofy
MS thing going around) that exploited a bug in sendmail and
brought the Unix research community to their knees back in the
mid-80's?  I guess he did make up for it near the end by stating
we've had no problems "in recent years."

I'm with you though, I hope no one takes this as a challenge.
I have enough problems configuring sound on my box, I don't want
to have to worry with viruses, too.  heh.

   ulysses@xxxxxxxxxx
   "You've got to understand their market has always been the Windows
   space, where you're actually doing people a favor by charging them
   money for things, because that's the only way to keep from confusing
   them.  Linux users are smarter than this." -Larry Wall, creator of Perl


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