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From: scosol at scosol.org (scosol@...sol.org)
Subject: Support the Sasser-author fund started

Georgi Guninski wrote:
> On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 12:19:21PM -0700, scosol@...sol.org wrote:
> 
>>The MS operating systems are the main source of problems for really only 
>>2 reasons:
>>1) their popularity makes them the most valuable targets
> 
> 
> i suggest you stop smoking bad stuff, it is illegal in bulgaria.
> 
> are you aware of the popularity of ii$ against apache - just consult:
> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html
> Developer 	April 2004	Percent 	 	
> Apache          33329879        66.99	
> Microsoft       10691683        21.49	
> 
> how many ii$ worms screwed the net and to what extent?
> how many apache worms screwed the net and to what extent?

You must have missed the second reason George:
 > 2) people don't update
One reason without the other doesn't create the situation we have today.

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