Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!q8n From: Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu (Scott D. Camp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Plans for Disinfectant 2.0 Message-ID: <90035.214836Q8N@PSUVM.BITNET> Date: 5 Feb 90 02:48:36 GMT References: <3467@accuvax.nwu.edu> <25539@gryphon.COM> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 53 >In article <3467@accuvax.nwu.edu> jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) writes: >[bunch of stuff deleted] >Don't hold your breath waiting for 2.0. I have a real job, and I mostly >work on Disinfectant at home at night and on the weekends. > >Of course, with all this new stuff, I'll have to charge double - the >program will still be free :-) > I have a lot of respect for the time and effort going into the Disinfectant product being produced by Norstad. As a graduate student struggling to produce a dissertation while working formerly as a consultant and now a faculty member (fixed term appointment as instructor), his work has saved me personally many hours of frustration in dealing with the problems created by virus programs. All of this for the great price of nothing! However, I had assumed, obviously incorrectly, that his work was at least being subsidized by Northwestern University in terms of allowing him time to produce the product. If Northwestern is NOT providing some incentive for Norstad to work along these lines, may I humbly suggest that they do so. Northwestern is being rewarded for ITS affiliation with Norstad since so many Mac users obviously have great respect for the work being done by him. If Northwestern IS providing some development/release time or something similar, then please ignore remarks in above paragraph. >>In article <25539@gryphon.COM>, jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) says: >> >>Disinfectant is great stuff, cheap. Your work to combat this >>problem is significant, and greatly appreciated. This future >>version of Disinfectant sounds very nice, and the re-usable user >>interface code should prove very handy for other applications. >>We salute you and the others who have worked so hard to keep the >>Macintosh world safe from unwanted vermin. >> [bunch of stuff dealing with vulnerability of Apple's approach] I do not have the technical background to begin to address Apple's strategy regarding building some types of virus protection into system software. So, I won't. However, I would like to add my voice to those raised on the net thanking Norstad and others for the work they have done. For those of you who may suggest this is a misuse of bandwidth, let me just say that it is better here than in Norstad's mailbox. ------- Scott D. Camp Dept. of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University 305 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 814-863-0393