From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-27 01:10:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-han1.dfn.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!cert.uni-stuttgart.de!news.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 10:10:07 +0200 Organization: Enyo -- not your organization Message-ID: <87u1ou9fkw.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <82347202.0205010735.1d1a66c3@posting.google.com> <3CD06A79.328F20BD@boeing.com> <3CD122DC.11A07036@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deneb.enyo.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: cygnus.enyo.de 1022487006 15758 212.9.189.171 (27 May 2002 08:10:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@enyo.de NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 May 2002 08:10:06 GMT Cancel-Lock: sha1:WCHnya6bviCkDdzTyxTmkiNFd+4= Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24849 Date: 2002-05-27T08:10:06+00:00 List-Id: John English writes: > A case in point is the "I love you" virus. Instead of pursuing some > hapless idiot in the Philippines and putting him on trial for > releasing a virus, why didn't they sue Microsoft for handing the guy > the lethal weapon (VBScript) which has the power to do anything at > all to the machine it runs on and which, by default, Microsoft mail > clients will run automatically. ActiveX is widely accepted and much more dangerous (I can read a WSH script and decide if it is fishy, but i can't do this with an ActiveX control).