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- From: martin@cs.ualberta.ca (Tim Martin; FSO; Soil Sciences)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: Yes, but is it a virus?
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- Date: 15 Jan 93 23:37:27 GMT
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- ygoland@edison.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (The Jester) writes:
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- >If Dr. Cohen is speaking of viruses to other experts in the field
- >then his comments regarding Beneficial Viruses and such are
- >appropriate and will be understood. I doubt anyone who understands
- >his comments would disagree with his assertions.
-
- The interesting point that Dr. Cohen made, though, in his first (?)
- article, was that it is precisely those one would expect to understand,
- the academics and the anti-virus software writers, who get most
- upset with his definitions. According to Dr. Cohen, his customers,
- who are non-experts, are not bothered about whether his protection
- software is using viral techniques to install itself on their systems,
- as long as the installation works efficiently.
-
- I call this the interesting point because I think (as an academic)
- that it is an interesting commentary on the nature of academia
- today.
-
- Tim
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