Good post by Todd Hess on ZDnet to Cooper blaming …

Good post by Todd Hess on ZDnet to Cooper blaming Microsoft for the Blaster worm.

You are right about no excuses, but your target is way off. It was the users who have no excuse this time. For about a month, it has been all over the news that users need to download the patch. Microsoft even sent emails. I didn’t have the problem at my home or at my workplace because I heeded those warnings and updated all machines. Not only that, but two weeks ago the Department of Homeland Security also went public urging everyone to update their PC’s. Then, people like yourself, ignored these warnings. I can’t understand why ANYONE would cancel an install of an update when it pops up and asks you to update (in the case of automatic updates).

The Human Genome???? Please, don’t make me laugh. You can’t even make that comparison. Here’s why…

-The project was started in 1953 and completed 2003. It took them 50 years. Windows became prevalent in the early 90’s.

-The human genome never changes. It has remained constant. Windows, however, has not. It is constantly changing. Compare Windows XP code with Windows 3.1 code. You won’t find many similarities.

-Over time, the human genome doesn’t become any more complicated than it was in the past. Windows, on the other hand, becomes more and more complicated with each release.

-Humans have existed for thousands and thousands of years. We still get viruses that exploit our weaknesses. The human genome has done nothing to increase our immunities.

-Medicine has existed for hundreds of years. We still can’t kill a virus. It simply has to run its course, usually about a week. A virus in Windows, on the other hand, can be killed, usually within a day of it infecting the system.

-Windows has only been around for a little more than 10 years. The human body has been around for thousands. So, you would think we would have a cure for the common cold by now.

-A virus or security breach can be prevented in Windows with patches and Antivirus signatures. It cannot yet be done in the human body.

-Even if a virus destroys data, if you have a backup, you can be back up and running in a short amount of time. If a virus destoys the human body, there is no backup. You’re dead.

-A virus for a computer is created by a malicious user who knows a little about computers. This makes it much harder to stop them than it does a human virus. However, we can stop a virus on a computer but we can’t stop a virus in our body yet.

So, please, don’t make that comparison.