<quote who="Jim Hague">
> MS seem to have been comprehensively hacked - check out
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_993000/993826.stm.
What really gets up my inner ear about all this is the way it has been
reported. Things such as:
"If the biggest software company in the world can be hacked, then what
about YOUR computers?"
and:
"The important source code that may have been taken was for FUTURE
products, so the home user can be sure that they are safe from hackers."
*THIS* is what we need the Penguinillas for. Not tongue in cheek either -
I'm quite serious. The misinformation and terribly uninformed reporting
regarding this incident is doing Microsoft (and all it's little parasite
companies) a FAVOUR.
Sadly, the reality of the last FIVE YEARS of MS's foray into wider
networking, the Internet, etc., has not come through at all. On top of that,
OUR MESSAGE has not appeared on every television station across the world.
Perhaps it's not so great for them now, but once the limelight is gone,
they'll have had FREE SPIN with the media, everyone will have acted
surprised, and no one will be the WISER.
I haven't yet seen what the rest of the Linux community's reaction is, but
can we please put something together to send to the newspapers, television
stations, etc.?
If Microsoft cocks up, we may as well be on TV telling the country about
Linux.
- Jeff
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