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To: JDN who wrote (27188)	2/4/2000 10:47:00 AM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 64865

Fletcher & Faraday Announces Investment Opinion Fri Feb 04 05:15:00 EST 2000 [snip] Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW). We are continuing coverage with a BUY rating. Sun Microsystems has built its business around the open standards that today drive the Internet -- and are propelling business forward. Sun has become the dot in ".com", the company whose technologies, products and services provide a solid foundation for doing business in this new era. [snip] ragingbull.com Lynn

To: JDN who wrote (27188)	2/4/2000 4:02:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

...and your computer be safe I suggest that you take this as seriously as I do. JDN Archie, my computer isn't safe. It's right near my front door and if I weren't home, my dog is so friendly he might even help a thief to load it in his vehicle. Good riddance! I just don't want him calling me back with support questions. My new computer is the network. I know nobody is going to walk off with it. The best part is that other, more technically minded people are the little Lemurians behind the screen someplace doing the maintanence and keeping it all available and in up-to-date working order. I like hackers. I'm an advocate. We need more hackers: See Jim. See Jim Hack. Hack Jim, Hack! Jim helps his friends (Dick and Jane) at network central to find faults in their system so they can fix them and improve the network. How do global systems companies spell security? L-O-P-H-T and similar folks are routinely employed to stress the enterprise systems and attempt exploit. It's good engineering science. It's good business. Employ the hackers. Killing them just makes them mad. The answer isn't locking people up, electric chairs or carpet bombing. The answer is 'equity'; economic interest (...and strong encryption and authentication<g>). I'm much less worried about some person obtaining my credit card info than I am about some institution obtaining everything else. -JCJ Bonus: Caveat Emptor. People who expect that their Microsoft PCs with integrated "great technology(tm)" enabled browsers and/or connected server's Microsoft server software isn't going to get 'hacked' are swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool. Wait until people start connecting this crap with static IP numbers. Wait until the 'web tone' is on. PCs will be easy targets. You'll be wanting to give Bill Gates the death penalty (now *there's a streaming media event worth connecting to). <g>