[mdlug-discuss] Todd speaks & Chinese malware

[Michael Rudas]

People wonder why I hate Microsoft...

"Metro Times - Music: Hello, it's Todd"
<http://metrotimes.com/music/story.asp?id=14134>

Interesting interview.  Relevant paragraphs quoting Rundgren:
"PatroNet was intended to be a world apart from what the Internet has
become, where creative people can get support from and commune with
their most avid supporters. Maybe the most important aspect about it
is the ability to create an atmosphere where the most common
pollutants of the Internet can't find their way in, while still using
the ubiquitous connectivity that it now represents.

"But something like PatroNet is not easy to maintain when you have
gigantic and mischievous corporations like Microsoft undercutting your
every move by releasing junk software like Vista, which breaks all
previous conventions. Just trying to keep up with those boneheads
required more technical support than we could muster. That doesn't
mean we might not tempt fate and try again at some point, though."
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"Details of Chinese malware revealed to all"
<http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=118471>

A massive database of Chinese malware has been opened up to other
security companies.

~~ Michael Rudas
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