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BBC Links Linux To MyDoom
minus_273 writes "It seems the BBC has a story on their front page titled 'Linux cyber-battle turns nasty', very specifically linking Linux users to the MyDoom virus. Some lines to note: 'If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source). So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge.'"
Don't they know what happens when you incur the wrath of linux users?
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
If the virus were written by Linux coders it woulndn't have failed so badly when it triggered. The poorly written code has to have been written by someone with intimite knowledge of poor coding skills and Microsoft vulnerabilities... Humm... Do I smell a disgruntled MS employee?
BBC just sexed up this war on SCO....
Here's what immediately follows that last quote...
So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge. SCO is the big, bad company that violates one of their sacred principles, as they would see it.
There's no proof, of course, but it must be one of the theories at the top of any investigator's list.
And this is from a organization which allegedly deals in "news" ?
<grrr>
A new version of MyDoom has been found that is targetting bbc.co.uk
Screw that! Someone write a mydoom variant which targets the BBC. That'll teach them to bad mouth linux zealots.
If I seem short sighted, it is because I stand on the shoulders of midgets
Well, i bet most people who reads that article doesn't know the difference between http and mail.. "Oh, yeah, mail, i can do that on a website!" -- typical hotmail user
I have linked MyDoom to SCO and Microsoft as well.
I have also linked Saddam Hussein to Iraq and the BBC to Great Britain.
I am very good at linking.
Since there is no source code published under the GPL yet I don't believe that Mydoom was created by Linux programmers. It looks more like a closed source work.
Who gives a shit if a Linux user wrote it ?
Well, if MyDoom is indeed "la creme de la creme" in terms of Windows programing, then it is obvious its author is an expert Windows developer, isn't it ?
So, it is quite flattering for the Linux community to associate any of its member to a multiplatform coding genius.
Trolling using another account since 2005.
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There are no crack investigative journalists working for slashdot
There are, however, "investigative" journalists on crack working for slashdot.
MYDOOM found on MOON
A group of internet "Hackers" have discovered that the MyDoom Virus was, conceived, compiled and unleashed from a small crater, just five minutes walk from the Tyco Monolith!
Well, it's just as believable...
I've never shoed a horse, but I once told a donkey to piss off!
Call out Hutton, we've got some SCO execs to question and white wash!
"What do you mean you have no ice? Do you expect me to drink this coffee hot?" - Random Customer, Clerks
Sadly this will get modded to Troll.
I can't count the number of times I've wished for a "(-1, Martyr)" moderation option.
TheFrood
If you say "I'll probably get modded down for this..." then I will mod you down.
Then you'd be wrong. Take a look at the code sometime, it is definately [sic] original.
CmdrTaco! Check your logs for the parent poster's IP address, turn itover to Microsoft, and use the proceeds to hire a coder to incorporate a mandatory spell checker in the Slashdot posting process!
You can use the left-over reward money to buy yourself a T1 line to your house, or get rid of Microsoft ads on Slashdot for a month.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
Linux cyber-battle turns nasty
By Stephen Evans
BBC North America Business Correspondent
The MyDoom virus has triggered a new wave of attacks from lazy business journalists. It is also looks like a new front [sic] in a war waged by those who want to argue from facts and those who just make up anything that comes into their heads.
It's usually no easier to fathom the motives of virus creators than it is of any other perpetrator of damage for damage's sake. But I'm going to be clever and subtly equate their motives with normal geeks in the first paragraph just to prepare the ground for you. There - done.
In the case of the MyDoom computer worm, the motivation seems clearer. This is a good point and I'll ignore the alarm bells it rings, since I've just said how most virus writers' work is baffling to explain. Then I'll introduce SCO as the victim and assert that the perpetrator was someone devoted to the Linux operating system.
The a quick paragraph on the history of the case which gets almost all major facts wrong followed by an entire section drawn on the very shaky premise that it must have been a geek Linux internet zealot who believes that code should be free to all. A few pointed jabs at Linux users later and I'll quickly admit that there is no proof of any of this, but that my (and of course your) conclusions should be clear.
My conclusion is just as lazy. A nice section of speculation and poor research to finish off - with all the usual trigger phrases like "experts are pondering", "possibility", "might", and "internet blackmail."
By now you can guess that I am an utter moron, with no more qualifications to be a business correspondent than a piece of cheese.
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
Windows is a cancer and the EU found it illegal. Cancer theatens life. Windows therefore threatens our way of life. Oh dear... why do people write "I've never seen a comment on /. claiming X" :)
Rich
That journalists are pedophiles.
One bad turn deserves another.
-Peter
"It seems the BBC has a story on their front page titled 'Linux cyber-battle turns nasty', very specifically linking Linux users to the MyDoom virus. Some lines to note: 'If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source).
:)
If it really were a bunch of Linux/Open Source zealots, they'd have shared the MyDoom source code.
/*drunk.. fix later*/