After the havoc caused by the international capitalist system on the people of Asia, it would be a sweet justice if a teenager from a suburb in Manilla was indeed the perpetrator of the latest lesson that capitalism is a global social phenomenon.
Why merely describe viruses as a social disease? Capitalism is the social disease.
This article, which has more details that experts may which to refer to, IMO adds to the argument that Microsoft should not be split up to disguise its monopoly - it should rather be brought under social control.
Chris Burford
London
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Microsoft criticized for lack of software security By Paul Festa and Joe Wilcox Staff Writers, CNET
Look at it this way: The "Love" bug isn't a bug after all. It's a feature.
That's the wry analysis of security experts in the wake of the destructive global spread of the "I Love You" virus and its variants. They say the worm's lightning-fast spread is a perfect demonstration of Microsoft's powerful technologies working exactly as they were designed to operate.
The fundamental problem, these experts say, is a market-driven impulse to include as much functionality as possible in applications at the expense of security. While all companies face the same pressures from customers, none are as famous as Microsoft for yielding to it.
"At Microsoft, they always go for more functionality over security," said Gary McGraw, vice president of corporate technology at Reliable Software Technologies. "That's what the marketplace wants, because the marketplace isn't very educated about security. It's easy to sell products that aren't perfect to people who are ignorant. The customers' No. 1 job isn't security, it's getting their job done."
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