Tony Duell wrote:
> But that would mean that all (or at least all of a certain batch) of the
> the CD-ROMs would be infected. And for a major software product, the fact
> that it was infected would spread pretty fast. Heck if it was a Microsoft
> product it'd probably make the national newspapers over there (not that I
> think Microsoft products do contain viruses).
M$ products don't have to contain viruses to spread a plague -- the
vector is the disease. (And yes, I still use Microsoft ROM BASICs
and both Tandy and SCO Xenix -- my wife is the one running Win 95,
but Eric Raymond has her considering Linux).
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Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 17:31:42 GMT