(tye)Re: Microsoft is against Perl!?

"Potentially Viral Software" At which point they point to any free, open source (e.g. Linux) or similar distribution license. [...] Having worked for an Anti-virus company, that is just so ironic coming from the company that has enabled more viruses than any other.

I think they mean "software with viral licensing" such as the GPL which, if you use their source code in your product, can claim to force you to distribute your source code with your product. I say "claim" because there are lots of ways that a term of a license can fail to stand up in court.

I don't think it has anything to do with the more common term "computer virus" (which is usually used these days as a synonym for "malware").

- tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

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Re: (tye)Re: Microsoft is against Perl!? by riffraff (Pilgrim) on Jun 21, 2001 at 19:04 UTC
That's probably true, and if pressed they would probably explain it that way, but the way it is presented now would put across the idea that their software is clean, and all other software can potentially destroy your system.	[reply]
Re: (tye)Re: Microsoft is against Perl!? by pmas (Hermit) on Jul 12, 2001 at 19:50 UTC
"Potentially Viral Software" It's so funny to hear this from the company like Micro$oft, which stupid default settings for MS Word and Outlook (allowing to run macros by default) provided for actual and dangerous viruses like ILOVEYOU, which cost millions of dollars to fix... It's about time to split monopoly, but I hope to at least 4 parts! pmas To make errors is human. But to make million errors per second, you need a computer.	[reply]