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Story: Sober worm makes a comeback

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Fundamental design flaws in Windows make this possible. So-called anti-virus companies don't have much of a reason for long term solutions either.

In the 80's we saw a boost of productivity as microcomputers entered the workplace. Visicalc and Lotus 1-2-3 were the killer apps. In the 90's we saw a second boost of productivity as e-mail and the WWW became part of business.

Now at the end of the 90's and the beginnng of the 00's we see a sudden drop in productivity as much time is wasted on defective software and spam. Spam comes indirectly from defective softare. Without the botnets of compromised machines, spam would be a smaller problem.

All of these have economic consequences, some good, some bad. Currently, dropping MS products is going to be necessary to be able to return to economic growth.

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