If I were Microsoft I would probably like micro-content and metadata

Joy Ito ha un brutto presentimento e dice, tra l’altro:

I have a feeling [that Microsoft] will embrace a lot of the open standards that we are creating in the blog space now, but that they will add their usual garbage afterwards in the name spaces and metadata so that at the end of the day it all turns funky and Microsoft.

Il celebre “abbraccia ed estendi” di Microsoft è sempre stato il bacio della morte degli standard aperti. Paolo, che ne pensi?

Worm.Automat.AHB

Quest’ultimo virus gira come eseguibile allegato a una mail che sembra venire da Microsoft e dice:

Microsoft Customer

this is the latest version of security update, the

“September 2003, Cumulative Patch” update which eliminates

all known security vulnerabilities affecting

MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express

as well as three new vulnerabilities.

Install now to help protect your computer

from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could

allow an attacker to run executable on your computer.

This update includes the functionality =

of all previously released patches.

System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP

This update applies to:

– MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later

– MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later

– MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later

Recommendation: Customers should install the patch =

at the earliest opportunity.

How to install: Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.

How to use: You don’t need to do anything after installing this item.

L’antivirus TIN l’ha bloccato, ma sono sicuro che un sacco di sprovveduti ci cascheranno.

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Come dire, statevi accorti! E’ un metodo poliziesco, ma se ci pensi la civiltà in pratica si basa sull’efficacia della polizia.

A proposito: se in un post sparo una grossa stupidaggine e/o mi rendo ridicolo, ho diritto a toglierlo? Togliendolo, riparo al torto fatto (ai miei lettori, o al buon senso) o aggravo la mia posizione?