"hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, Bob, your considerations are considerate but I decidedly want to
> second Tibor: it deserves them right.
And the fact that this Virus of God also managed to clog the networks used
by users of non-Microsoft systems and products is justifiable then? Sorry,
but when the network goes down, we're all affected. When good work is lost
by good people, we all lose.
> It is the pesting, inconsiderate
> arrogance use of proprietary attachment format with eMail which has been
> instrumental for the rapid spread of certain types of "viruses".
Bloat is not a Microsoft-only issue. The same issue arises in newsgroups,
and on the web. Microsoft's the biggest, and easiest target.
To beat a dead analogy further: I think large SUVs (those big, truck-like
monstrosities that Americans have become enamored of lately) are attrocious.
They offend me on many levels. They take my space, block my visibility and
pollute the air that I breathe. Yet I don't make it a point of running the
off the road (I drive too damned much, I know) and I don't think everyone in
them deserves to die in a fiery death. And I certainly don't think the
little kids in the back seat deserve it either.
I can separate my disdain for the product from the human beings that use
that product.
> Sure,
> besides of being instrumental these people are instrumentalised
> ("innocently" ?) too; and not only by that one predominant firm
> but there's the "market" pressure too (though who on earth is that ?),
> pushing in this direction, etc. etc. - but still that's not enough to
> explain ignorance or even outright "techno-racism" (as I call it).
So if someone uses a Microsoft product at work, with no choice in the
matters, then they're a "techno racist"? Interestingly, I've seen more folks
on this list that have been calling for the Final Solution.
> [...]
> Sorry, no pitty, they deserve all those "Melissas" and other crap.
Ah, "they" again. A fiery death upon them! God's Will be Served!
> Only that I'm afraid that this newest craze will only turn the screw
> once more in the wrong direction; obligatory (and unwitting)
> ID-detection, best with some privately licensed "proprietary" email
> format as "standard", or whatever more "secure" madness one could
> think of.
Now you're starting to hit on my original point: The act of writing a virus,
defacing a web page, cracking and wreaking havoc on a computer network is
not somehow "heroic", regardless of who is targeted. The end result will
only slow things down for all. Welcome to the e-quivalent of airport
security, coming soon to an ISP near you. Please have picture ID ready.
Fanaticism is not a good thing.
- Bob
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