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At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star – New York Times
“Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspace.”
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Leopard Sets Operating System Sales Records For Apple — Apple — InformationWeek
“In the first full month of sales, Leopard, officially called Mac OS X 10.5, raked in 32.8% more money than its predecessor Tiger, OS X 10.4, according to The NPD Group. Tiger had outsold all previous versions of the OS when it was launched in late April
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While we consumers pay Apple for an upgrade that looks nice ‘front-of-screen’, there’s another business going on http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3784 on the Internet-facing end of people’s Personal Computers. And it’s rather shadier.
I’m not sure of the economics of the ‘Storm Worm’ business, but it’s certainly commercial. Someone’s getting paid, and it’s not the Personal Computer owner that’s doing the paying.
Is the ‘break rate’ higher than the ‘fix rate’ ? What is the consequence ?