Dustin Cook wrote:
> kurt wismer <kurtw@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:eps0gd$rdc$1@aioe.org:
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
[snip]
>> a claim was made, it's accuracy is in question, the burden of proof
>> lies with the claimant...
>
> Some of the proof you seek has already been made available to you.
no, actually, it hasn't...
> I'm
> afraid in this case, I would be with David. You can either accept the
> post David made, or not. Dropping names doesn't help anyone, and isn't
> worth proving someone right/wrong on usenet.
dropping names may not help anyone, but the claim that has been made
hurts the entire industry and hurts consumers... it feeds a rumor that
has no right to be unless it's true... do you think people will continue
to be as rational in their av decisions as they currently are if they
start believing rumors of such funny business behind the scenes in the
av industry? that's not to say that they are perfectly rational, of
course, but such rumors will almost certainly exacerbate their
irrationality...
since this isn't something that can be disproved, since you can't prove
a negative, the only way to fight the rumor is to challenge it... if the
rumor is true then it should be provable... if no one is willing to
prove it then that should count for something at least...
>>> The conspiracy is the misperception that the anti virus industry
>>> creates the malware to prop up the industry and keep themselves in
>>> business. They ignore the realities such as organized crime being a
>>> major source.
>> yeah, so about that burden...
>
> No burden. You either believe it or you don't. As I said, as 4Q continues
> to tell you, vx.netlux.org is your friend. If you still need to know
> things aside from names, then ask.
i considered responding to 4q but decided it would probably qualify as
feeding trolls... since you brought it up to i will say it here -
pointing to a domain does not satisfy the burden of proof in any way...
point to a *document* or don't waste my time, it's not my job to sift
through an entire domain looking for someone else's alleged proof...
--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"
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