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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
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Subject: Re: Why "worm" instead of "germ"
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Date: 17 Jan 90 17:44:28 GMT
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In-reply-to: brad@looking.on.ca's message of 15 Jan 90 20:18:22 GMT

In article <77443@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
   While it's clear that the Morris program didn't act as a "virus"...
   Morris' program was a "germ" or "bacterium."...

Careful - it's still only *allegedly* Morris' program.  Nothing has
been proven in court.  Don't make any assumptions or cooperate in any
aspersion-casting before the facts of the case are established.