[ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...

[Pete Hardie]

John Wells wrote:
> 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.

Are there such things a uber-hackers that would work for M$?


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