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SCO Offers $250K Bounty for MyDoom Author's Arrest
Performer Guy writes "This SCO press release indicates that they are offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest & conviction of the MyDoom DDoS worm authors. Let's hope they catch them. Not merely because MyDoom is one of the most mindless attacks on our internet infrastructure in memory, but also when they pay up it'll be less cash for SCO's litigation engine."
Thanks to Tin Foil Hat and prostoalex for pointing out links at ComputerWorld and CNET, too. Related to this: stealth.c writes "Bruce Perens has written a letter to the Open Source community, discouraging us from cheering on the MyDOOM virus, as it would falsely implicate the FOSS communities and almost certainly cause the success of the virus writer's mission of discrediting these movements. This letter is also posted on NewsForge and on Groklaw." Unfortunately, with columns like this one blaming the worm on "some ticked-off Linux fan", it needs to be said.
A quote from eWeek:
No, the problem is that this worm is apparently the product of some ticked-off Linux fan deciding to get back at SCO. Indeed, some moronic Linux fans are cheering MyDoom on. "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
First of all, it should read, some moronic Linux fans are cheering on MyDoom. Take an English class, buddy.
Second, I am NOT a "Linux fan". Actually, I'm decidedly pro-Microsoft when it comes to the desktop. It just happens that I hate SCO's tactics. I'm offended to be lumped into a "Linux Fan" category.
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
There has been a marked increase in windows fanboys in the last year or so on slashdot, and if most posts are going to be made by non linux/bsd users (and worse, people who have no intention of ever becoming one) then really- what is the point of slashdot?
Did you see the recent(ish) slashdot poll concerning which email program most people use? Outlook won by a mile!! compare that to the previous poll on the same topic from 4 years ago, and it was Pine, with a respectable showing from Mutt. I think that says it all.
Slashdotters have to return to being passionate about linux, sco and open source in general, so that the pseudo geeks who complain about their outlook inbox being clogged on their poorly administered microsoft network will go away. Then the rest of us can get on with discussing the real, interesting issues.