On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 21:10, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > Viruses are destructive, used to extract value from the unsuspecting. > They direct creativity away from productive activities. In that way, > they resemble capitalism to me.
I agree, but you´re talking about the software security "INDUSTRY". Not the programs (software code) per se. Now a chilling thought... http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9212/computervirusconspiracy.jpg Like drug companies and bio-engineered diseases, it´s one of the few industries where you can manufacture the disease, scare the general population, and then sell the cure. FC -- "The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers." Richard Hamming - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_code _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
