kurt wismer wrote:
> Dustin Cook wrote:
> > kurt wismer <kurtw@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:eps0gd$rdc$1@aioe.org:
> >> David H. Lipman wrote:
> [snip]
<snip>
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...
*HAHA*
Some expert you are! Haven't even read the VX zines for the background
in his AV quest. Live in blissful ignorance you half-expert.
4Q


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