Re: Melissa Virus

[Peter C. Norton]

On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 01:19:13AM +0200, Stefan Paletta wrote:
> The point is that an MS Office install _requires_ being able to write
> stuff anywhere. (Same with StarOffice on Linux btw, comes with its own
> libc.)

A quick quibble: that's not the same thing.  Staroffice may come w/
its own libc (I didn't know about this) but I recall that you can
create a complete installation in ~someuser/ and it'll work and not
need system privliges.  I don't see the same think being available in ms-land.

-Peter