[ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...

[John Wells]

I'd argue that there are uber-hackers out there who will work for anyone
if the price is right.  Remember, there *are* highly skilled technical
people out there who don't share our religious fervor.  It is not only
white and black, linux and microsoft.

As an example of a technical master who *can* be bought, consider Anders
Hejlsberg, father of C#, turbo pascal, delphi, etc. and considered one of
the top compiler designers in the world.  You think he's working for
Microsoft because he feels they're making the world a better place?



Pete Hardie said:
> 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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