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Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux



On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote:
> > > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux.  The last
> > > > one is Rick's rant
> > > > <http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus>.
> > > > However, the information is dated.
> > > 
> > > Nope, it's not.  Rick keeps up to date.
> > 
> > Yes, it is a timeless kind of a writing. But I believe is going to do
> > some "sprucing" of it. Kind of like doing some spring cleaning and
> > changing the drapes. Otherwise just refactoring it.
> 
> Rick keeps his page up to date, this is a non-issue.

I agree it is a non-issue, but I sent info to him about the comments his
page received and a part of Rick's response:

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 11:40, Rick Moen wrote:
>Quoting Greg Folkert (greg@gregfolkert.net):
>
>> Just an FYI... someone thinks your info is sub-par.
>
>Thanks, Greg.
>
>I've often been tempted to throw away that entire page and start >over:
>It's become a tangle of poorly organised points and special cases, >and
I 
>think it could be done a lot better.  At the same time, there's a
>clear 
>essay somewhere in there, struggling to emerge, and doing a new
>version
>that does justice to the topic would be a lot of work, and require
>time
>that I doubt I have at the moment.
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So, as you can see, I still communicate with him. He is very
knowledgeable and sometime overly detailed (which is a very good problem
to have indeed)

Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion.

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greg, greg@gregfolkert.net
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