http://slashdot.org/articles/01/10/22/1712226.shtml
i used to think microsoft was the software establishment, but it turns out microsoft is revolutionary and Nimda and Code Red are just like flying planes into the world trade center towers:
"[A]s long as the spirit of innovation is preserved and the implementation of destructive viruses is recognized as the industrial terrorism that it is, then revolutionary ideas like .NET will continue to be provided to the consumer, one innovative step at a time. (((insert loud cough)))
"Following Gartner's recommendation to seek alternatives to IIS only accomplishes what the industrial terrorists want. The terrorists who hijacked U.S. airplanes on September 11 analyzed the airline security system until they found a weakness, and then they exploited it. Much in the same way, industrial terrorists analyzed IIS Web server security until they found a weakness, and then they exploited it. If Gartner wrote an equivalent recommendation for business travelers, would it be to take the bus rather than risk airline travel? That would be a victory for terrorism, as would abandoning IIS."
http://www.devx.com/free/hotlinks/2001/pointcounter101701/pointcounter_MSSTP P.asp
-- jeff fisher dilettant -- er, that's 'intellectual nomad' jfisher at igc.org
"I've come to the conclusion that revolutions aren't profitable." - Kevin Kelly