On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 01:19:40PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Jim Hague">
>
> > MS seem to have been comprehensively hacked - check out
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_993000/993826.stm.
>
>
> What really gets up my inner ear about all this is the way it has been
> reported. Things such as:
>
> "If the biggest software company in the world can be hacked, then what
> about YOUR computers?"
>
> and:
>
> "The important source code that may have been taken was for FUTURE
> products, so the home user can be sure that they are safe from hackers."
>
>
> *THIS* is what we need the Penguinillas for. Not tongue in cheek either -
> I'm quite serious. The misinformation and terribly uninformed reporting
> regarding this incident is doing Microsoft (and all it's little parasite
> companies) a FAVOUR.
>
> Sadly, the reality of the last FIVE YEARS of MS's foray into wider
> networking, the Internet, etc., has not come through at all. On top of that,
> OUR MESSAGE has not appeared on every television station across the world.
>
> Perhaps it's not so great for them now, but once the limelight is gone,
> they'll have had FREE SPIN with the media, everyone will have acted
> surprised, and no one will be the WISER.
>
>
> I haven't yet seen what the rest of the Linux community's reaction is, but
> can we please put something together to send to the newspapers, television
> stations, etc.?
>
> If Microsoft cocks up, we may as well be on TV telling the country about
> Linux.
>
IIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
And where does that leave the poor, poor people who have op status on Linux IRC
channels (read: me)??
Another 50,000 people joining asking why they can't connect to the net with kppp and a
PCI modem?
</rant>
> - Jeff
>
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