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: 2002-05-02 09:41:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newspump.sol.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: 2 May 2002 11:41:27 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <82347202.0205010735.1d1a66c3@posting.google.com> <3CD06A79.328F20BD@boeing.com> <3CD122DC.11A07036@brighton.ac.uk> <3CD16729.E695572@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1020357690 19300 192.135.80.34 (2 May 2002 16:41:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 16:41:30 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23426 Date: 2002-05-02T11:41:27-05:00 List-Id: In article <3CD16729.E695572@san.rr.com>, Darren New writes: > John English wrote: >> I know who I consider the guilty party here... and >> the companies who lost out from the virus would stand more chance >> of a meaningful settlement from Microsoft than from a lone Filipino. > > So who would you sue for the Morris worm that took advantage of a > similar hole in sendmail? The person using sendmail, if they did not have a vendor on which they could pin it.