A while back, someone said that right now Bill's problem was that he had
95% of the operating systems, but only 5% of Congress!
Paul A
>FROM: Bryan Vandiver, INTERNET:Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM
>Re: RE: Fw: more info on virus (NO LBC)
>Here's another great 'twist of Irony'
AOL Acquired Netscape,and yet AOL can't even ship Netscape Navigator on
their
own CD, because of an 'exclusive agreement' they signed with MS.
I have 'personally seen the damage MS has done to the PC industry, over the
last
15 years, there are more companies that have been squashed by MS
steamroller,
than the public is even aware of. Back in '87, I was working for a PC
manufacturer, and we got a letter from MS saying that we needed to pay them
a
'royalty fee' for every PC that shipped out the door, whether it had an OS
installed or not. Their reasoning was that 'all our PC's would be running
their
OS, so we 'owed them something', needless to say we didn't agree.
One thing I've got to admit, Bill has really done a great job of trying to
create a 'kinder, gentler' public image of himself in the last couple of
years.
He almost comes across as an OK guy, unfortunately, What you see, is not
always
what you get :-)
- Bryan
>Subject: RE: Fw: more info on virus (NO LBC)
>To: "Adrian Barnes" <adrian@workgroup.net>, "Spridgets"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>
>Yea right 150 mil invested in a 4 bil dollar co. That really helped. What
>helped was getting MS to redo Office to a usable version. And the only
>way that got done was to promise to put IE as the default browser. No
>wonder the DOJ wants MS Split. Think of the stock spilt that will go
>along with that - in 5 years or so IF it ever happens.
>
>Larry
>
>>>>>On 6/20/00 7:38 PM so and so (Adrian Barnes) said. (And I quote:)
>
>>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@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
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>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>
>
>
>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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