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[ILUG] [OT] Viruses in the mist.

[ILUG] [OT] Viruses in the mist.

John P. Looney jplooney-ilug at online.ie
Tue May 9 13:35:30 IST 2000


On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 01:28:45PM +0100, David Murphy mentioned:
> Quoting <20000509124048.F1160 at digiserve.ie>
> by "John P. Looney" <jplooney-ilug at online.ie>:
> > Note that as of 7 May 2000 1600 CET, this variant has not been found in the 
> > wild, and will probably have a limited spread potential due to compatibility 
> > issue
> Just as a random off topic side point: Does 'not found in the wild'
> mean 'the author set us a copy', or what?

 I think it just means that loads of people have a copy, but they kept it
caged...didn't "let it out for a run on their disk" or anything. Not
necassarily got a copy from the author.

Kate

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