Code Red Origin?

[Monty Harder]

8/10/01 5:32:00 PM, Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at opus1.com> wrote:

  I know I'm a bit late responding, but...

>If you haven't read it yet, Cringley's second article outlines the theory
>that Microsoft may be behind Code Red, planning to use it as a justification
>for switching the Internet to a proprietary protocol - in other worlds, only
>hackers working for a Microsoft Approved company can attack you!

  Let me get this straight - A worm that -=ONLY=- infects proprietary MS programs on servers 
running MSs proprietary OS is a 
reason to force everyone to use MS proprietary standards?

  This is fscking NUTS!