Aug 26 2004
The Sky is NOT falling
Vmyths.com- Truth About Computer Virus Myths & Hoaxes
What a suprise! Or not. The gentlemen at Vmyths were able to track the origins of this story a lot further than I ever could, and it appears that this is a chain of reporters quoting reporters misquoting the source. So, this is all just a case of overblown hysteria.
People talk about Microsoft trying to make the world an OS monoculture, but while we weren’t looking the press has already become one, at least here in the US. We have one major source of news stories, AP, and everyone else quotes them. I’m beginning to think that professional journalism may have already gasped it’s last breath.
Thanks to Axel Eble for pointing me to the Vmyths article.