>I know this is a FoxPro forum but many people here also dabble in Linux so I pose the question...
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>Is it me, or does the recent UT headline article "Linux Worm Variants Rampage" seem more like propaganda and FUD than any real infomation/facts? (This has nothing to do with the UT. I assume they just get articles from news feeds around the world.)
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>But do you notice that the article is more heavily laced with adjectives and it's numbers are somwhat contradictory to other news articles about the slapper worm (even articles from the news site).
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>You almost have to take on an analytical investigative posture to get some perspective the way news stories are written ... (Vague! And not meant to inform, but to influence toward a particular leaning! And arguably, some might say there is orchestrated distortion going on.)
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>Maybe it's just me, but sometimes, some of the technical news just screams as an out of balance opinion piece.
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>Guy


Interesting that you should mention this. I've made the same observation on more than one occasion. I don't think Michael is slanting the news, he's just linking to "stories" that are suspect or sensational.

Remember "Slapper"? After a week in the wild it had 'rampaged' though about 5,000 computers, mostly in Eastern Europe. It has essentially disappeared. It made the news BECAUSE it is an actual Linux infection visible in the wild, even if it ranks no higher than a barely noticable curiosity, and was newsworthy because Linux viruses are so rare. Compare that with Klez, which achieved 350,000 infections in less than two days, and now BugBear, which is an Intranet worm, and one that, along with Klez, CodeRed (which saturated the world in less than 5 days) and SirCam, viruses which truely defines the meaning of the word "rampage". Personally, I have yet to see any Linux infection, and I've been hooked to the web for 5 years nearly 24/7, while at work my W2K platform sees 3 or 4 viruses arrive each day, some days more, rarely less. However, much to the credit of our IT department, the bugs have been sripped of their payload and rendered harmeless before being passed on to the mail boxes.