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From: utoday!greenber@uunet.UU.NET (Ross M. Greenberg)
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Subject: About the DH&S proceeding(s)...
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I wasn't too happy with the end result of what DH&S (Steve Ross works
for them) produced.  The invitational excluded a number of people
(including me, so this might be a biased report).  The only person
there really familiar with the world of PC and other micro viruses was
Pam Kane (Panda Systems & Dr. Panda Utilities - good stuff!).

They spent a great deal of time on nomenclature.  Something like two
days.  Very little on practical "how-to's" or anything at all of a
technical nature.  The conclusion of the report is basically a
sales-promo piece on why you should hire DH&S consultants if you have
a virus problem or wish to make sure you don;t get one.

I consider this mailing list *considerably* more informative,
objective, and honest.

Note: I ended up attending the symposium, then being asked to leave
when I mentioned that it seemed inappropriate to give this little
meeting any credibility when only three or four people there, out of
the 50 or so who presented, had *ever* seen a virus.  To be honest, I
was a gate crasher.

Ross M. Greenberg
 Author, FLU_SHOT+