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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Magellan
From:       Kevin Forge <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2000-12-01 0:15:05
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Darrell Esau wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 29 November 2000 01:03, Kevin Forge wrote:
> > Magellan is "marketed" as an advanced EMail application.
> >
> > Advanced EMail software contracts and spreads viruses ( just
> > ask Microsoft if you don't believe me ).
> >
> > Therefore it's reasonable to assume Magellan will infect us
> > all with Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses once we start to
> > use it.
> 
> That's a rather prejudice and narrow-minded statement.  Software
> doesn't have to be incorrectly constructed just because some 
> large company already set a precedence for doing it that way.

And there I was thinking the sarcasm just oozed from my message.

Email viruses ( actually worms ) are mostly the result of poorly
implementing a bad design.  Magellan shows no signs of either
problem.
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