Microsoft bounty to disrupt virus writers?

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Diversions, that's all

This is similiar to O.J. Simpson releasing a 1-800 hotline for people to report tips on his wife's murder. In MSFT case, the real focus should be on the money that was lost by their customers for using their software in the first place. Yea, yea, I know..."read the EULA". Or maybe "use something else if you don't like it", blah, blah, blah.

The really funny part is that it will more than likely end up being a teenager or a group of teens that produced the virus. Can you imagine - a multi-billion dollar company that employs hordes of PHD's to design their sofrware is at the mercy of a misguided teenager. We ALL see that there is something wrong with this picture. And the slide continues...

Posted by: sunergeos   Posted on: 11/06/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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