RE: [PHP-DEV] CVS Account Request

Hmm, many hackers do stuff just for the hell of it. Wouldn't it be cute if you could tell your friends that you can take down any one of 4 million web servers at will? I doubt companies such as Microsoft would ever get involved in such actions, especially in light of the last couple of years. It's simply not worth the risk for them. Zeev At 00:37 16/11/2000, Myke Hines wrote:

At 00:19 16/11/2000, Myke Hines wrote:

I think that is totally not true.. you can't tell if a person is a hacker just because they do a couple of good patches..

You can't tell for sure. For all you know, you could argue that I (Zeev) might be an undercover Bin Laden agent, in one of the most successful undercover missions in history, trying to bring down the entire imperialistic American web. Possible, but unlikely. I gather that someone committing legitimate patches may still be a hacker, but the likelihood goes down, significantly. Zeev Just think of the possibility. Who is PHP A threat to? Microsoft.. I really would be surprised if they got a person that knew PHP well to start introducing bugs in the PHP core.. therfore lowering the quality of PHP and giving people more of an excuse to use ASP. i know this is far fetched but is a $$ world out there.. food-for-thought myke

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