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From: sean@g
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: THIS VIRUS IS A CRISIS!
Message-ID: <7975@g>
Date: 4 Jan 88 18:40:00 GMT
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In article <9659@udenva.cair.du.edu> news@udenva.cair.du.edu
(netnews) rants and raves:

>I am calling for ACTION. This means a concerted effort by the Amiga
>community to locate and eradicate ALL viruses and find their sources.
>This calls for MONEY from Commodore and other 3rd party developers
>to organize this effort and to PUNISH to the MAXIMUM EXTENT OF THE LAW
>anyone making these viruses. Additionally Commodore should mount a PR
>effort to assure potential customers and dealers that the AMIGA is SAFE.

Boy this stuff has all the quality of USA Today.  Commodore doesn't have
a responsibility to prosecute the virus criminals any more than Chicago
Cutlery has a responsibility to prosecute knife murderers.

On the other hand, as I said before, what they *could* do was modify
Kickstart so that the machine was less vulnerable.  Are the 1.2 roms
socketed?  I hope so.

Finally, would you or anyone else believe it if Commoore came out with
a news release that said the Amiga was now safe?  I think it would hurt
their credibility more than help.  Heck, I'd probably try to find ways
to prove them wrong.

Sean

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