“It’s not Microsoft that’s at fault, nor the anti-virus
companies that capitalize on such events yet, when all is said and
done, are powerless to prevent them. It’s the IT managers in
businesses and governments, whose systems got hit, who should know
better by now. The problem lies with the sheep who continue to
use such dangerous products when credible and safer alternatives
exist….“
“Later in the day when ILOVEYOU hit, a Unix-using friend posted
this to a mailing list:”
“
M$ virus days are the best candidates for catching
up on sleep when you don
’
t have to worry about them while the
unwashed masses are
“
down.
”
“When I first read it I thought it was awfully pompous. But the
more I think of it, the more I’ve come to believe that most of the
people — especially business users — who got kicked by this love
bug, were just asking for it.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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