Re: [fw-wiz] How to Save The World (was: Antivirus vendor conspiracy theories)

From: Adam Shostack (adam_at_homeport.org)
Date: 12/12/04

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    To: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr@ranum.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:27:11 -0500

    On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 10:52:37PM -0500, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
    | Ben Nagy wrote:
    | >In any case, changing away from IE is simply not going to happen for many
    | >environments, and Desktop Support aren't liable to consider their AV vendor
    | >to be the world authority on what browser they should be running.
    |
    | Isn't this amazing, if you think about it? Enterprise IT managers are
    | such freakin' morons that they'd rather pay $50/year/desktop plus

    So, I totally agree with what you're saying. But I'm curious: Are
    they really morons, or is there a better explanation?

    Is it easier to get budget for cleanup than prevention? (Ie, are
    their bosses the morons?)

    Are they taking kickbacks that affect their decision making
    process? (Me, I need more industry t-shirts, because I've been doing
    a lot of paining lately, and they make great drop-cloths.)

    Adam

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