[ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

yOn Mon, 14 Oct 2002, 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.
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> John
Hmmmm... yourself.

There is an undeniable appeal to picking on "them". However, is it not 
more profitable to consider a less directed source - that Linux is 
appearing on enough machines that it is worth the time of "uber-hackers" 
to target for their own purposes?  The Linux platform is being 
acknowledged by the marketplace as having become plentiful enough to be 
worth exploiting. 

Maybe it is time to get paranoid about our systems, and start locking the 
windows,doors, and vents to keep the vermin _out_.

</rant>

Sorry - conspiracy theorys generally bother me. There is generally a 
total lack of evidence, an assumption of extreme organizational security 
and communication, and an assignment of great malace to unpopular figures. 
I see no reason to assign something to malace when general human 
cussedness is more than sufficient.

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