A quick Googling on Diabetes Type I and Diabetes Type II shows they are indeed different, and their difference is very clear. (See http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-042.shtml for example)
As common mortals, most of us don't have a clue about that (and don't need to, unless we are somehow exposed to diabetes or interested in it). But honestly, I can't imagine a medical doctor not knowing the difference... The same is true for computer viruses, people don't care and shouldn't care about virus naming: what they need is timely protection. But it's way different when it comes to the AV industry and all the ones who are somewhat involved in this matter. Cheers, I�igo Koch Red Segura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Frank Knobbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] (no subject) > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:44:57 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:33:50 CDT, Frank Knobbe said: > > > > > I know, my wife has type 2. They still call it diabetes. > > > > By that logic, we have "bagle", "agobot", "netsky", and "mydoom". No > > need for variant names, and no need for a name for an attack of pancreatic > > cancer that knocks out your insulin production, because that's just diabetes too. > > But that's the point: first of all there's Beagle/Bagle/Alu, not to > mention the variants that *do* exist. Type I and II diabetes (and yes, > my wife too) mean the same thing to any doctor -- whereas different > folks have different variant names for the same thing. It would be > more akin to some doctors reversing Type I and Type II or even adding > Type III or IV without any standardization with anyone else. > > That said, it's clear that the answers for antivirus/malware and > medicine cannot be the same due to the speed of response needed, as > you and others point out. Some type of standardization would be great > but it can't slow down response times. > > -- > Kyle Maxwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
