RE: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Sent: Mon, 2003-11-17 10:23 To: Alex Yuriev Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:26:50 EST, Alex Yuriev said:
Because for people outside our little industry the software is a tool to get a JOB done, not the job itself.
It doesn't take long for the average mechanic to learn that buying cheap wrenches is a bad idea.
Which is probably why they end up buying the expensive, supported one (like everyone else). It's also why they get worms. -j
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:25:08 GMT, Jeffrey Paul said:
Which is probably why they end up buying the expensive, supported one (like everyone else). It's also why they get worms.
I said cheap, not inexpensive. There's a difference. :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Paul" <jeffreypaul@diamondcard.com> To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>; "Alex Yuriev" <alex@yuriev.com> Cc: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: RE: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Sent: Mon, 2003-11-17 10:23 To: Alex Yuriev Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:26:50 EST, Alex Yuriev said:
Because for people outside our little industry the software is a tool to get a JOB done, not the job itself.
It doesn't take long for the average mechanic to learn that buying cheap wrenches is a bad idea.
Which is probably why they end up buying the expensive, supported one (like everyone else). It's also why they get worms. -j Hmmmm - I would have used a different picture - I would have said that "the average Ferrari Owner to realizes that if they don't tune their horse, it dies on them... while they are driving it.", So why don't the operators of Microsoft OS instances? - Todd
On 17 Nov 2003, at 11:17, todd glassey wrote:
Hmmmm - I would have used a different picture - I would have said that "the average Ferrari Owner to realizes that if they don't tune their horse, it dies on them... while they are driving it.", So why don't the operators of Microsoft OS instances? -
It's an avalanche of metaphors! I'm being buried alive!
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