http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/103694602/article.pl
They reference a news article that drew an invalid conclusion from our report. And because everybody hates Symantec (perhaps for good reason), they're accepting it as evidence of Symantec's malice, but we didn't even say that!
Is Slashdot _always_ this bad? :-o
LOL I saw that last night, but wasn't sure if it was part of your whole group thingy.
Correct them?
I posted a couple replies, but there are too many posts and nobody really listens.
Quote from: iago on March 23, 2007, 01:28:01 PM
I posted a couple replies, but there are too many posts and nobody really listens.
QuoteThe numbers are all pulled from a public source (SecurityFocus/Bugtraq, which are owned by Symantec). So no, there's no conspiracy. But I'll continue to wear my tinfoil hat.
HAHAHAHA!
iago, you can go here (http://www.internetnews.com/feedback.php/http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201) to contact the author of the main article.
QuoteYour feedback will be delivered directly to the article's author and JupiterWeb management. We will use your email address only in the event a reply is necessary; it will not be saved or added to any list.
Quote from: iago on March 23, 2007, 01:28:01 PM
I posted a couple replies, but there are too many posts and nobody really listens.
hah I noticed nobody responded to any of your replies.
Quote from: Sidoh on March 23, 2007, 01:34:13 PM
QuoteThe numbers are all pulled from a public source (SecurityFocus/Bugtraq, which are owned by Symantec). So no, there's no conspiracy. But I'll continue to wear my tinfoil hat.
HAHAHAHA!
Well, most of the replies were serious, but that was a reply to a "Funny" post so I had to stick with funny.
Quote from: Metal Militia on March 23, 2007, 01:40:26 PM
iago, you can go here (http://www.internetnews.com/feedback.php/http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201) to contact the author of the main article.
QuoteYour feedback will be delivered directly to the article's author and JupiterWeb management. We will use your email address only in the event a reply is necessary; it will not be saved or added to any list.
Unfortunately, I very much doubt they'd care.
Quote from: OG Trust on March 23, 2007, 01:49:03 PM
hah I noticed nobody responded to any of your replies.
But one of them got +1 informative! I'm changing the world!
The problem is, I've found that if you don't reply in the first 20 - 30 minutes, you don't get noticed. I don't read Slashdot frequently enough, so most of my comments are unnoticed.
Yea, I've stopped reading slashdot on a regular basis because of the constant claims of the thread posters getting it wrong.
I generally filter out everything that isn't moderated "funny" -- that's all I generally care about.
If that article is true, however, I still find it pathetic that it would take a full team of OS developers 13 days to fix and patch a high-priority vulnerability when they're getting paid only God knows how big a fortune to do it.
The numbers are accurate -- you can find them here (http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/theme.jsp?themeid=threatreport).
Quote from: iago on March 23, 2007, 03:37:06 PM
I generally filter out everything that isn't moderated "funny" -- that's all I generally care about.
Yeah. The funny comments kick ass. :D
Quote from: Newby on March 26, 2007, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: iago on March 23, 2007, 03:37:06 PM
I generally filter out everything that isn't moderated "funny" -- that's all I generally care about.
Yeah. The funny comments kick ass. :D
Only the 5: funny and 4: funny ones.. the rest suck. :\