Just don't forget how Microsoft bailed Apple out by buying all that stock.
And how Microsoft bailed ebay out because Sun couldn't service them
(http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.ebay.com) (although regular old
ebay.com is Solaris, that doesn't help my argument any so forget I mentioned
it).
Sorry, I couldn't resist. All in good fun.
:-)
Adrian,
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
working at a
Microsoft Certified Solution Provider,
spending days rewriting Unix & AS/400 and MVS programs
so businesses can actually get work done. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver [mailto:Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 7:12 PM
To: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM; Spridgets@autox.team.net;
Bushwacker4@prodigy.net; macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: Fw: more info on virus (NO LBC)
Larry,
I'm at Sun's Javasoft campus in Cupertino, and my office window on the third
floor looks directly out at Apple headquarters across the street. My wife
also
worked for Apple for 5-years, and needless to say we have a PowerMac, and an
iMac at home :-)
- Bryan
>Subject: Re: Fw: more info on virus (NO LBC)
>To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, "Spridgets"
<Spridgets@autox.team.net>, <Bushwacker4@prodigy.net>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>
>LMAO all the way to Mac OS X.
>
>Larry
>
>Then we get to deal with all the security attacks that most UNIX users
>deal with everyday ;-(
>But still no virii
>
>>>>>On 6/20/00 6:23 PM so and so (Bryan Vandiver) said. (And I quote:)
>
>>Well if everyone quit running that crappy SW from that company in WA, this
>>wouldn't be a problem :-)
>>
>>OK - so I'm biased ;-)
>>
>> - Bryan (UNIX forever!)
>>
>>>To: "Spridgets" <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>>Subject: Fw: more info on virus (NO LBC)
>>>X-Priority: 3
>>>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>>>X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300
>>>
>>>Hey All,
>>>
>>>There's another new virus attack happening:
>>>
>>>> New Virus Strikes E-Mail Systems
>>>>
>>>> By D. IAN HOPPER
>>>> .c The Associated Press
>>>>
>>>> WASHINGTON (June 20) - A new computer virus, which looks like a
harmless
>>>text
>>>> file, has caused shutdowns of the e-mail systems at four Fortune 100
>>>> companies, anti-virus experts said Monday.
>>>>
>>>> The virus does no harm to computer files, but similar to May's ''Love
>>>Bug''
>>>> virus, simply multiplies by sending itself out to everyone listed in
the
>>>> infected computer's address book.
>>>>
>>>> While users are well-warned about VisualBasic attachments, which appear
as
>>>> ''.vbs'' extensions, the so-called ''Stages'' virus looks like a text
>>>file,
>>>> complete with ''.txt'' extension. But the real extension is ''.shs,''
>>>which
>>>> stands for Windows Shell Scrap Object. A Scrap file can contain
anything,
>>>> including executable and malicious code.
>>>>
>>>> The ''.shs'' extension does not appear even if a user sets Windows to
show
>>>> all file extensions. Microsoft designed this extension to be invisible,
>>>and
>>>> it cannot be changed without entering the operating system's most
fragile
>>>> configuration systems.
>>>>
>>>> The virus hit companies in the United States by Friday and began
appearing
>>>in
>>>> Australia and Asia over the weekend, said David Perry of Trend Micro
Inc.,
>>>a
>>>> maker of anti-virus software.
>>>>
>>>> Since then, makers of the popular McAfee anti-virus program have
>>>reclassified
>>>> ''Stages'' as a larger threat, and said more than 100 of their
customers -
>>>> many major companies and almost all based in the United States -
reported
>>>> infections. One company had more than 5,000 individual users infected.
>>>>
>>>> ''Due to the infection rate, we're moving it to 'high risk,''' said Sal
>>>> Viveros, a spokesman for McAfee.
>>>>
>>>> Viveros said an analysis of the virus showed that it was signed by
someone
>>>> named ''Zulu,'' the same author that wrote the ''Bubbleboy'' virus that
>>>> appeared last year.
>>>>
>>>> ''Stages'' uses Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express mail programs to
>>>spread,
>>>> but it can also infect through chat rooms or America Online's ICQ
instant
>>>> messaging software.
>>>>
>>>> The e-mail message contains ''funny,'' ''life stages'' or ''jokes'' in
the
>>>> subject line. The text of the message reads ''the male and female
stages
>>>of
>>>> life,'' with an attachment, ''life-stages.txt'' or
>>>''life-stages.txt.shs.''
>>>> The attachment contains a joke about advancing age.
>>>>
>>>> Surprisingly, an anti-virus vendor first warned users about the threat
of
>>>> stealthy ''.shs'' files containing viruses in August 1998. But this is
the
>>>> first reported ''.shs'' virus, according to virus experts.
>>>>
>>>> Anti-virus companies have issued software updates to catch the new
virus
>>>and
>>>> are encouraging businesses to filter incoming mail and delete
attachments
>>>> with the ''.shs'' suffix.
>>>
>>>
>
>
>Larry Macy
>78 Midget
>
>Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
>Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>System Manager/Administrator
>Neuropsychiatry Section
>Department of Psychiatry
>University of Pennsylvania
>3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
>Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
>question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
>
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