[LINK] More Snowwhite - 2 today

[Eric Scheid]

From: Stephen Loosley <stephen@melbpc.org.au> (22/3/01 11:11 PM)

>Imho, in terms of viruses / worms, this one seems to have been the most 
>'successful' since RTM's 'daemon' in 1988 over the U.S. DARPA / Arpanet . 
>RTM's 'daemon' disseminated more quickly, though, obviously less far. 
>Would any linker disagree?

define 'successful'

     endurance?          yes.
     survivability?      yes.
     spread?             yes.
     mutations?          yes.
     lethality?          no.  <-- does this make it more successful?
     ...

this questions opens up a nest of ethical questions. Ebola is a very 
successful virus when you consider it's lethality, but meanwhile e.coli 
is also very successful, given that just about everyone has it.

e.

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