MSBlaster.B Released by 18 Year Old

You know, this really pisses me off. It gives young adults like me a really bad name. The guy is an idiot, and now he could face 10 years in prison for being an idiot. I would say “serves him right”, but look at the damage he helped inflict. He helped cost Microsoft millions of dollars. He forced MS to ask hundreds of employees to give up their free time to help out customers with the fix. This cost MS not only in having to employ extra staff, but also in lost development time. He helped cause thousands of people significant headaches.

Why is it that intelligent people can't find better things to do with their lives? The kid is obviously smart and could be extremely productive in the industry. Instead, now he's gonna be the next Kevin Mitnick... rotting away time in jail (probably at Ft. Levinworth)

Well, if he's lucky he'll be out in time to beta test Blackcomb.

4 Comments

  • Agreed. This guy was pretty dumb also, having a public web site showing off his hacks.



    Out of curiousity, how young do you have to be to be considered a "young adult"?

  • <shrugs> are you speaking in a legal sense or in a maturity sense?

  • Well, I now _do_ have an issue with you then Robert. With all due respect - and I mean that sincerely, I really think you have some of the best posts in the .NET blog niche - the attitude you've just expressed is completely abhorrent. Never - NEVER - forget who is the most important person in your business relationships. The customer.



    Frankly, I'm glad "MS" doesn't use some of the words you just did... 'retarded', 'bitch-slap', complascent'. Instead, "MS" handled this mess of virii in a very exemplary manner. No whining about how they make quality products. No complaining over lost resources or time. No slamming of the people who put their hard-earned money into their deep pockets. Instead, "MS" just worked harder.



    I wasn't talking about "MS" the omnipotent money-welding market leader either. I was talking about "MS" the business venture run by human beings who understand they have responsibilities that go along with the riches (monetary AND other) they've earned from their success. Human beings that understand that if they (a) shirk that responsibility or (b) start calling purchasers of their high-quality products 'retard' they will eventually LOSE that market share.



    You spoke of maturity in an earlier comment here Robert. Normally you speak with maturity well beyond your chronological age. But twice now in this thread.... first when you spoke of "MS" this and "MS" that without mentioning even once the 500,000 computers and THEIR inconvenienced users, then now when you call those users retarded.... you spoke in quite an atypical manner for you.



    I'm really not trying to make this personal, so I'll stop right here. I really do enjoy your weblog, and hope you reconsider the tone of some of the things you've said in this post.

  • He is a real idiot if you ask me. No, he did not show how smart he was, just how damm stupid this jerk is. Maybe Daddy can get him out of this mess. I suspect he has had someone get him out all his life.

    For the penalty! Start at MS, fix every computer there, move on to everyone he affected. Again, stupid, moron whatever, the damm kid grew up spoiled and now it the time to kick him in the ass and make him work for a living.

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