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Lunch with Andy

Today, we had lunch with Andy and Dyna (I might be misspelling that!) McKay at John's Place Restaurant in downtown Victoria. Andy is the maintainer of ZopeZen, and a developer on the Plone and Zope CMF teams.

We had a great time and it was nice to meet Andy after having chatted so much online recently.

Another Internet volcano thanks to MS

Yahoo: Virus Overwhelms Global Internet Systems

Just wondering, when is Microsoft going to be made responsible for these problems? If someone could, say... cause all the Chevy Cavaliers on the road to swerve into oncoming traffic when they hear a particular tone on the radio, do you think maybe Chevy might get into trouble about this vulnerability? But where's the trouble at Microsoft? They release a patch and don't take any heat. And it's not like this is an isolated incident... all the viruses are taking advantage of gaping holes in MS software. Code Red, Nimda, you name it.

I think a government, I don't care which one, needs to rake them over the coals. Companies affected should file claims with their insurance providers, and they should in turn go after MS with force. They have lots of cash... now that they're giving out dividends, shareholders are going to care a little more about avoidable losses.