Hoffman Summary & FPROT (PC)

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From: A. Padgett Peterson
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 21:11

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>From:    rtravsky@CORRAL.UWyo.Edu (Richard W Travsky)

>I have the March 17th P. Hoffman virus summary in front of me and
>something has attracted my notice: The version of FPROT she refers to
>is version 1.07.  The current release is 1.15A and 1.16 is due out in
>June.
>Any reason why such an old version is used?

Since I have not seen Patti on the net, will venture a guess: negative free
time, a condition many of us suffer from. For me, enough PC software comes my
way that I am ALWAYS at least five packages behind (received the
3.1 revision of _Coherant_ over a month ago & still haven't loaded the 3.0).
Add to a "real" (i.e. family supporting) 60 hr/week job that does not put
a PC on my desk & normal family life (Boy Scouts, maintenance on 7 toys [three
adults, two teenagers, two adolecents], cruise night, etc.) & new software is
normally accessed in my "free" time between midnight & 2 a.m. <sigh>.

Most of the "anti-virus reseachers" also have "real" jobs that have
little to do with PCs (Ross and John excepted), this is probably why Europe
and Canada lead the US in real research, testing, and laboratories. While a
Novell network in my den closet (where my PCs are) is a possibility, it is
not one that I have spent any time on, even if I had some ethernet cards
(besides my Columbia has only one expansion slot & it is occupied).

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From: padgett%tccslr.dnet@mmc.com (A. Padgett Peterson)
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Subject: Hoffman Summary & FPROT (PC)
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Date: 28 May 91 21:11:07 GMT
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