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...utterly fail to bring the Internet crashing to a halt as some media sources were claiming, but it never really had the power to do so. Sure, the worm was relatively smart. It could replicate itself across thousands of servers - usually because the owners were never aware that Microsoft software had turned their computer into a server in the first place - and then coordinate what is known as a denial of service attack on a chosen website on a given day at a given time...
...vast world of potential Internet viruses and worms, Code Red is a grade Z microbe. It would have to go through a significant amount of mutation before it became any sort of serious threat to the Internet's health. So watching the FBI and Microsoft put on their most serious face at Monday's press conference was like a scene from some diabolical 50's sci-fi movie: Attack of the Killer 0.5 in. Ants...
...Microsoft Outlook, for example, can trash any mail not sent directly to your address. But that ends up junking a lot of useful stuff--such as the discussions on my journalism-school alumni e-mail list. AOL can turn away mail from anyone not flagged as a friend, but part of my job is to accept correspondence from strangers--like you, dear reader...
...Leave Microsoft Alone...
...Microsoft ruling last week was a temporary victory for the software giant but a great loss for capitalism and freedom [BUSINESS, July 9]. Microsoft wins, obviously, because it does not have to break up its company at government gunpoint. But it's sobering that Microsoft ever faced such a threat in the first place. Now it's time to recognize that the very arbitrary foundations of antitrust law are a disgrace and should be repealed. MICHAEL J. HURD Chevy Chase...