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ygoland@edison.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (The Jester) writes:

>If Dr. Cohen is speaking of viruses to other experts in the field
>then his comments regarding Beneficial Viruses and such are
>appropriate and will be understood. I doubt anyone who understands
>his comments would disagree with his assertions.

The interesting point that Dr. Cohen made, though, in his first (?)
article, was that it is precisely those one would expect to understand,
the academics and the anti-virus software writers, who get most
upset with his definitions.  According to Dr. Cohen, his customers,
who are non-experts, are not bothered about whether his protection
software is using viral techniques to install itself on their systems,
as long as the installation works efficiently.

I call this the interesting point because I think (as an academic)
that it is an interesting commentary on the nature of academia
today.

Tim

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