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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  "Morris did it"--the new excuse?
Message-ID: <678@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 22 Nov 88 03:14:53 GMT
References: <8811142005.AA02573@milk10>
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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In article <8811142005.AA02573@milk10>, robert@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM (Robert Allen) writes:
>       (re the autjor of the worm): 
> 	
>   ......  He DIDN`t tell anyone how to combat it when it got out of control,
>   nor did he come forth to assure people that the virus was benign.  This
>   is a mistake that I might expect of a freshman student, but certainly not
>   a grad student.  This single fact is the most damning of the perpetrator
>   in my opinion.  

    I don't defend the individual.  But I would not interpret his failure to
    communicate as a sign of malevolence.  I assume that he became scared and
    panicked.  It's happened to the best of us.

    greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny