Posted by: Sam Leathers
on January 28, 2004 01:34 PM
i never blamed microsoft in general. i merely suggested that it is most likely a sympathizer/proponent of microsoft, due to the fact, most knowledgable people in the open source community have no reason what-so-ever, to write a windows virus to wreak havoc. Most of them are already involved in their own projects. My theory does have some analytical proof behind it. I am friends with numerous people in the open source community, and average ms visual c++/vb/other windows language, and I have never had someone from the open source community, say look at what cool new bug/exploit/virus for windows i wrote!!! however, on the other hand, my windows friends are always bragging about exploits they pull in windows, and virii to write it. Also, history shows, most virii are not distributed and wrote by the same people. Usually a white paper is written by a knowledgable person, someone comes across it, and writes a simple program using that concept to wreak havoc on the windows camp.
Also, in my defense, I merely hypothesized a credible situation, I never admitted it as fact. It was merely a teaser to get people minds thinking, I had no intention to come across as fact.
By the way, my post was much more profound than yours. i did not make one name calling statement, and I left it up in the air as to who could be, behind the virus, where you called me a "troll".
Re:conspiracy theory...
Posted by: Sam Leathers on January 28, 2004 01:34 PMAlso, in my defense, I merely hypothesized a credible situation, I never admitted it as fact. It was merely a teaser to get people minds thinking, I had no intention to come across as fact.
By the way, my post was much more profound than yours. i did not make one name calling statement, and I left it up in the air as to who could be, behind the virus, where you called me a "troll".
Try to post more professionally,
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