Could the BBC be right in the MyDoom Linux controversy?
London, UK - 6 February 2004, 13:45 GMT - The British Broadcasting
Corporation's (BBC) online article "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty"
by Stephen Evans suggests that "internet zealots who believe that code
should be free to all (open source)" are more than likely to have
created and launched the MyDoom malware because they hold a grudge against
The SCO Group. This has evoked a large, angry response from the Linux user
community as if a religious shrine had been desecrated. However, there may
well be some truth and worthy analysis in BBC's perspective.
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