Month: March 2004

“Antivirus technology development is now a radioactive no-man’s land.”

Cybersecurity consultant George Smith, on the feeble state of most antivirus software,Wired News, 18 March 2004

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,62558,00.html

“Is Microsoft happy that we’re doing Linux stuff? Absolutely not.”

Hewlett-Packard executive Martin Fink, on selling Linux PCs in Asia, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 March 2004

“The interest of the 300,000-plus current beneficiaries of the individual Indian trust outweigh the potential inconvenience of those parties that would otherwise have access to Interior’s Internet services.”

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, ordering the Department of the Interior unplugged from the Internet for lax security, The Washington Post, 16 March 2004

“One of the best ways to motivate engineers is to tell them that there’s something that can’t be done.”

DARPA program manager Tom Strat, whose robot race through the Mojave proved so motivating that no contestants finished, CNN.com, 14 March 2004

“We are taking significant precautions to prevent the use of offensive materials on the GeorgeWBush.com website.”

Bush-Cheney online campaign manager Chuck DeFeo, threatening to pull the plug on his employer’s website, Wired News, 12 March 2004