Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!ubu.cc.lehigh.edu!virus-l From: rmorey@ORION.CF.UCI.EDU Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: naming confusion Message-ID: <0001.8906091203.AA01152@ubu.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Date: 8 Jun 89 19:55:58 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Reply-To: VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.EDU Lines: 20 Approved: virus-l@ubu.cc.lehigh.edu Regarding the "PLO" virus and your suggestion that we not call it by that name, don't you think that your desire to suppress the link between the virus and something which obviously offends you (the name "PLO") is a political tactic? That particular virus is known to many people already as the "PLO virus"--now you expect them to have to worry about changing that name in their minds because it offends someone? Don't forget that viruses offend everyone, most certainly everyone who reads this net. We all have a common interest in combating viruses and their spread but I really doubt that we are going to spend much time worrying about their names. I apologize if this offends you but, given both my interest in international politics and my work in computers, I don't see how both should be meshed or affected at such a perfunctory level. Robert J. Morey [Ed. In mentioning the confusion in the naming convention for viruses, I never intended to start a political discussion/war - let's please not turn this into one.]