RE: Reward for Virus Writer

From: Laura A. Robinson (geekwench_at_snippit.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:13:20 -0400

circa Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:39:04 -0700, in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, =?Utf-8?B?TWF0cmF4?=
(Matrax@discussions.microsoft.com) said,
> personaly i think they did a good thing hiring him ! because if they hired
> people as good as he is, i dont think we would have as much problems with
> virus's and worm's as we do now.
> most company's hire employes because they have a degree and a high GPA.
> its good to have that but it is not what they should look for!
>
There is a he11uva difference between being *capable* of writing a
virus and actually releasing one into the wild. For ethical, skilled
people, the challenge is not just in finding the exploit, but in
fixing it. Writing a virus is not fixing anything.

I know very, very talented people on both sides of the fence. I'd
rather have people like David Litchfield working for me than people
like Sven Jaschan.

Laura 

-- 
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde

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