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Agreed..
"First off, gimme a break. I think even just two to threee years is plenty just for writing a virus. Remember, no one is getting killed here, just inconvenienced. That should not warrant the same jail time you'd get for killing someone."

Agreed.. There are enough non-violent criminals in our prisons today.

"Secondly, don't get into such a tizzy just because your crappy software company is the one getting hit. You're such a hypocrit, you'd be cheering if this was a linux virus that was targeting Red Hat or something like that."

If anyone should be responsible. It should be Microsoft. This is just another occasion of how crappy software causes loss of production across the world. Microsoft knows it and still refuses to take out the vulnerable features in IE and Outlook.

VBS anyone? ActiveX?

I find it interesting that there are industries based off the vulnerabilities in the Windows OS.

Firewall anyone? Anti-virus?

Microsoft needs to learn what a "Permission Scheme" is..

"This whole thing with the Janet Jackson exposure thingy is just one more sad example of how Americans' sense of value and logic is just soooooo azz-backwards. The US government is committing war crimes and there is barely a peep, but Janet exposes a breast and it's like the moon crashed into the earth."

American's priorities are whacked. They are the "If it doesn't effect me then why should I care" crowd.
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Put him in Jail now  usapride | 02/02/04
I agree, Bill G. should be responsible for shoddy software  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/02/04
At most they will see 7 years!  B.O.F.H. | 02/02/04
He was "Only doing his job"...  DanIelWalker_z | 02/03/04
Was he employed by SCO?  voska | 02/03/04
or  pschroeder@... | 02/03/04
my guess is  ryusen | 02/03/04
How much jail time are the neocons getting for bombing Iraq??  Bobby Sskcat | 02/03/04
Wrong on all counts  ShadeTree | 02/03/04
25 Years is excessive  voska | 02/03/04
I agree 25 years is too excessive  ShadeTree | 02/03/04
Excellent Response  ddollinger | 02/03/04
Agreed..  FreeBSD | 02/03/04
How much jail time are the neocons getting for bombing Iraq??  SC-man | 02/04/04
Put who in jail, Bill Gates???  MeadMkr | 02/03/04
Put the people who are stupid enough buy the product in jail  voska | 02/03/04
Give him a medal...  middle of nowhere | 02/02/04
Ah yes, the religious zealots  JimSatterfieldW | 02/03/04
Isn't it sad???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
Give him a medal  pendulum | 02/03/04
Give him a medal...  SC-man | 02/04/04
Outrageous  clmccord@... | 02/10/04
A well planned and executed virus  BXLE | 02/03/04
Horse hockey!  DarbyOhara | 02/03/04
Highly doubt it..  FreeBSD | 02/03/04
Anybody wanna bet that "andy"  MarcB_z | 02/03/04
It is too encrypted  Eggs Ackley_z | 02/03/04
Encryption  Rokstar83 | 02/03/04
Encryption  IT_User | 02/03/04
Fire all the idiots instead  KeeBored | 02/03/04
Or...  mzarra | 02/03/04
Why?  Patrick Jones | 02/03/04
Yeah, THAT will work  MarcB_z | 02/03/04
Idiot Users  rostman | 02/03/04
Fire all the idiots instead  SC-man | 02/04/04
Repost: What a sad stste of affairs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
Well put, Ax!  The Marty | 02/03/04
Thaks Marty, sadly most won't understand it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
Virus writers are bad  MarcB_z | 02/04/04
Vandals happen  MarcB_z | 02/03/04
I see, blaming the victim again. How pathetic.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
I see supporting a convicted monopoly again  JWatson77 | 02/04/04
The users are the victims  MarcB_z | 02/04/04
Simple minded arrogant thinking like yours is what's sad!  Bobby Sskcat | 02/03/04
Burn any good books lately?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
re : Burn any good books lately?  JWatson77 | 02/04/04
need a step ladder to get off that high horse?  coudnt_give_a_rats | 02/04/04
Bobby say: Honest and open is "arrogant".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
You're "right"  Bobby Sskcat | 02/03/04
My what closed minds we have...  coudnt_give_a_rats | 02/04/04
Very well written.  eholme | 02/04/04
(NT) I doubt you can this virus writer "professional"  George Jay | 02/03/04
They didn't say that it was a "professional" piece of work...  marnanel | 02/10/04
Give him a medal  JAS2803 | 02/03/04
See: Sad state of affairs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/03/04
Give him a medal  wploger | 02/03/04
if that was all he did,  ryusen | 02/03/04
or  JWatson77 | 02/04/04
Security First!  FreeBSD | 02/03/04
Andy, Where for art thou?  rostman | 02/03/04
Andy the professional  eholme | 02/04/04
Open source... live and die by it..  john.gruber@... | 02/04/04
prison term?  asmirick@... | 02/04/04
Bash, Bash, Bash, Bash,  DragonBRockin | 02/04/04
consequence  pm_luisg@... | 02/06/04
I'd bet this is Andy....  cglrcng@... | 02/06/04
Hmmmmmmm.....  cglrcng@... | 02/06/04
'andy' wants attention?  LED_z | 02/11/04

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