[60534] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How much longer..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Francis)
Wed Aug 13 17:26:04 2003
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:25:11 -0700
From: Scott Francis <darkuncle@darkuncle.net>
To: Len Rose <len@netsys.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 02:09:41PM -0700, darkuncle@darkuncle.net said:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 01:07:15PM -0400, len@netsys.com said:
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> > How much longer will people put up with the millions of=20
> > dollars of losses in time, resources and service inflicted=20
> > on the net by the joke vulnerabilities in the toy operating=20
> > system known as Windows? Enough is Enough.
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> http://darkuncle.net/microsoft_rant.html
for those financial types reading the list (courtesy /. post):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/737353.stm
California-based IT consultancy Computer Economics estimated worldwide
damage to be $2.6bn by the end of Thursday. It said that figure could soar
to $10bn by next week.
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-08-01-code-red-costs.htm
Lloyds of London put the estimate for Love Bug at $15 billion.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-08-01-code-red-costs.htm
the economic damage from the Melissa virus in 1999 to be about $1 billion.
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2001/10/22/focus4.html
"Code Red, which started in mid-July, so far has cost the U.S. economy $2.6
billion."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30072.html
"The Klez virus last year cost businesses $9 billion worldwide in lost
productivity,"
http://www.bstpierre.org/Articles/fog0000000073.html
"SirCam", which also propagates through email, cost $1 billion.
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Summary:
"ILOVEYOU" virus: $2.6 - 15.0 Billion
Melissa: $1 Billion
CodeRed: $2.6 Billion
Klez: $9 Billion
SirCAM: $1 Billion
Estimated Total TCO: $16.2 - 28.6 billion
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Scott Francis || darkuncle (at) darkuncle (dot) net
illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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