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The Software Monoculture

Posted by michael on from the dutch-elm-disease dept.

balster neb writes "CNET News.com has a piece titled 'Seeds of Destruction' on monoculture in software and its effect on security. The article talks about similarities between software attacks such as last year's MSBlast, and agricultural catastrophes such as the Irish Potato Famine. Isn't this another good argument against monopolies?"

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  1. Re:THINK ABOUT YOUR BREATHING! Breathe Manually Pl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    For no good reason, I actually treated your message seriously.

    A simple whois at nic.cx reveals this:

    Registrant Information:

    Domain Name: goatse.cx
    Creation Date: 2001-07-10 09:35:12
    Expiration Date: 2005-01-06 00:00:00
    Last Modified: 2004-01-14 17:43:08

    Nameservers:
    NS.SUSPENDED.NIC.CX

    Status: REGISTRAR LOCK

    Registrar: CITC (http://www.NetDNS.cx/)
    Whois Server: whois.nic.cx


    I guess they have been shutdown, and based on Registrar Lock, I doubt you'd be able to register it.