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M$ and illegal or unethical behavior

M$ and illegal or unethical behavior

Posted Dec 4, 2003 7:52 UTC (Thu) by jtc (subscriber, #6246)
In reply to: M$ and illegal or unethical behavior by freethinker
Parent article: Gentoo rsync server compromised

Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems to me that these attacks did not do a great deal of harm (besides temporarily wasting some people's time and resources). Even if MS was slimey enough to do this, I doubt whether they would regard the reward vs the risk worthwhile.


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