I love these worms.

Post #138,205 by Andrew Grygus 1/27/04 8:08:35 PM Reply	I love these worms. I make at least a few hundred bucks off every major worm attack. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #138,234 by orion 1/27/04 11:10:42 PM Reply	Good for the repair business I have done both pro-bono work and got paid a small fee to remove viruses, trojans, and spyware/adware from various computers. I did not make as much as you did, but it is paying for my gas tank and some meals. :) I have become, in a sense, an Anti-Hacker, repairing the damage that malware has caused. If it keeps up, I can open up a new business and have other people clean malware off of systems too. The average user does not know how to recover from malware or even have software to detect it. Small businesses without an IT department are willing to contract out to small computer companies to repair the damage caused by malware. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #138,297 by tuberculosis 1/28/04 11:14:40 AM Reply	You'd be better off opening a dealership selling unix migrations. Any flavor. Apple's are nice. Linux/open office is probably adequate for a lot of companies. Its the old selling fish vs fishing lessons. You're not solving their problem, only easing their immediate pain. "I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone." -- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
Post #138,300 by Steve Lowe 1/28/04 11:19:27 AM Reply	Unfortunately, that's what they want. People aren't interested in TRULY solving problems, it can hurt too much. They're only interested getting past the hurdle that's right in front of them, with the least amount of pain (change!) as possible. No matter how many times they face the same hurdle. ----- Steve
Post #138,336 by Andrew Grygus 1/28/04 1:06:07 PM Reply	And as long as they have cash to pay . . . . I'm perfectly happy to give them what they want. I tried for years to save my clients money and found it wasn't a sound business strategy. If I don't give them what they want, and charge for it, they'll find someone who will. Of course, as I fix their stuff, I prattle on about how much greener the grass is on the other side but that works like water off a duck's back. Even a BSA audit or total distruction of their data by a worm isn't likely to be enough. They ask me "Why aren't other people having these problems?" and I reply that everyone else is - but they don't want to look like fools so they don't talk about it. They just say, "Oh", and then ask why Microsoft doesn't fix it. I just ask them "are you going to buy something else if they don't?". End of conversation. Never underestimate the power of "doing what everyone else is doing". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #138,348 by deSitter 1/28/04 1:40:33 PM Reply	Re: And as long as they have cash to pay . . It's not a sound career strategy either, until actual physical, litigable damage happens. I've been kicked off projects for simply being too vocal about the "right way" (not recently). The basic reason is ego. The pointy ones have too much ego invested in bad ideas. -drl
Post #138,362 by orion 1/28/04 3:01:44 PM Reply	I know that I suggested Java controls over ActiveX ones when they wanted clients to access their Intranet apps and the client had MacOS with Netscape or Windows 95 (NoIE) and Netscape. Every web app I developed, my manager would ask me if I put Java into it and if so please remove it. Sigh I mention Java one time to solve a problem and I get branded for life. No I did not sneak Java into my web apps, I used ActiveX instead as the manager wanted. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #138,366 by orion 1/28/04 3:06:04 PM Reply	I tried that in 1995 - 1997 we offered to install Linux for free and find open source apps that a company would use instead of Windows ones. My partner was a Linux expert. No takers. Then we offered Linux as a server with SAMBA and got a few takers as they saw that it saved them a bundle over NT Server and could be used on old hardware. Still had those who wanted to pay extra for an NT Server. The bulk of our work was Windows technologies and the occasional DOS machine or two. Trying to convince managers to use Linux over Windows is a very hard sell. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*

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