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A little birdy told me...
A little birdy told me... the exploitable JPEG code was OSS, because strangely: on the day this GDI bug was announced several image related library packages for Fedora Core (and other distributions) were inexplicably patched and released. A little birdy told me... that Linus stole the source code for version 1.0 of Linux from Santa Claus and thus deprived all the little children of the world and all the Whos in Whoville from having floppy disks of code in their stockings. A little birdy told me... the first attempt at an e-mail propagating worm for Mozilla Mail on Windows has surfaced and will soon cut a swath across the new converts; making them wonder why they bothered to convert. A little birdy told me... that Richard M Stallman didn't really hurt his ankle while dancing an Irish Jig. A little birdy told me... that most people won't patch because they're not that aware and the world will become a swamp for the latest self-propagating disaster.

Rumours can have a germ of truth, and so can innuendos, and so even can articles. The question is: which are which? Why report only half the story? What ever happened to investigative journalism? And after a million media half-truths, do we care? Must ZD-Net make every Windows or Linux or FOSS issue sound like the end of the world as we know it?

No, I don't feel fine.

I know that tomorrow morning all the usual suspects will be here to rant at each other. Pardon me if I stay out of it.

You can judge for yourself which birdie-whisperings are true.
Posted by: John Le'Brecage   Posted on: 09/22/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Ouch...  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
Umm.. what does closed source have to do with it?  d_jedi | 09/22/04
How so?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
open source would let you UNINSTALL  V Sanders | 09/22/04
Maybe...  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
It's All Over  Jeff Spicoli | 09/22/04
Open source has bugs too.  mobrien_12@... | 09/22/04
How prevailant is png  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
Don't see the point.  mobrien_12@... | 09/22/04
Must be the top of your head . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Root is not protection  amicus_curious | 09/23/04
Don't Hate  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
round and round  linuxoverwindows | 09/23/04
RE: roundand round  phobos | 09/23/04
People's expectation are that it work  voska | 09/23/04
Apples and oranges  d_jedi | 09/23/04
A challenge!  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Re: A challenge (and fix the f*ing talkbacks, ZDNet!! )  d_jedi | 09/23/04
Excellent Response  AmusedAtItAll | 09/23/04
Not just that . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
But..  d_jedi | 09/23/04
I like...  doe_z | 09/23/04
A little birdy told me...  John Le'Brecage | 09/22/04
Shock and Awe  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Exactly...  John Le'Brecage | 09/23/04
Whatever happened to investigative journalism?  Omch'Ar | 09/23/04
The Porn industry  Seeker1 | 09/23/04
Dan Rather thinks  Seeker1 | 09/23/04
Not really..  Patrick Jones | 09/23/04
Windows update won't fix this hole  an27182818 | 09/23/04
Windows Update won't fix this hole, Part II  boomslang_z | 09/23/04
What MS need to do...  ryusen | 09/23/04
The person(s) responsible for this should be...  BitTwiddler | 09/23/04
Law and Order  StorageGuru | 09/23/04
true  linuxoverwindows | 09/23/04
I agree!  StorageGuru | 09/23/04
MP#, part 2  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/23/04
Not Quite true . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Waiting for em to port it to Linux  FilledOut | 09/23/04
Where is AX  sa_z | 09/23/04
wow - scary  V Sanders | 09/23/04
Give Credit.....  DragonBRockin | 09/23/04
Don't wait, install firefox  kevin.dell@... | 09/24/04
agreed.  stevo32 | 09/28/04
SANS GDI+ Third Party Vulnerability Scanner  boomslang_z | 09/27/04
Really Useful links! Thanks.  GrahamA | 09/29/04

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