Comments on: DVForge Cancels Twenty-Five Thousand for Mac Virus

By: bynkii.com's Mac Matters

bynkii.com's Mac Matters — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:00:31 +0000

An analysis of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Brouhaha, or, Jack Cambell is a great honking prat

Yes, I know, it’s a rather challenging title, but…well, he is. A great honking prat of a publicity hound, and even though I do know better, I’m going to give him some of what he wants…attention.However, it remains to be seen if he’ll enjoy the exp…

By: bynkii.com's Mac Matters

bynkii.com's Mac Matters — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:00:31 +0000

An analysis of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Brouhaha, or, Jack Cambell is a great honking prat

By: bynkii.com's Mac Matters

bynkii.com's Mac Matters — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:00:31 +0000

An analysis of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Brouhaha, or, Jack Cambell is a great honking prat

By: Jack Handey

Jack Handey — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:07:50 +0000

Since Jack Cambpell is (was) offering to give a reward for the potential disruption of my computer business by encouraging virus writers, I hereby offer up a reward of $100,000 to the first person to bring down the computers owned by DVForge, MacMice, or any other company or organization assosciated with Jack Campbell.

This, of course, is said with heavy sarcasm, but hopefully someone will get the point.

Yours,
Jack Handey

By: Surfbits

Surfbits — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:16:14 +0000

Looks like we’re not the only ones that thinks these guys are crazy for making a stupid offer like this…
I just received this email from them..
Today, at 12::00 noon Central Time, DVForge, Inc. announces its cancellation of the Mac OS X Virus Prize 2005 that the company announced earlier in the day.

“In response to the statements put forth this past week by Symantec Corporation suggesting that Mac users are at substantial risk to infections from viruses, our company crafted and announced a contest that would have paid a $25,000 prize for the successful creation of such a virus,” said Jack Campbell, DVForge, Inc. CEO, “During the first several hours after making the public announcement, I was contacted by a large number of Mac users and Mac software professionals who shared their thinking with me about the contest. A few of these people are extremely well-regarded experts in the field of Mac OS X security. So, I have taken their advice very seriously, and have made the difficult decision to cancel our contest. I have been convinced that the risk of a virus on the OS X platform is not zero, although it is remarkably close to zero. More importantly, I have been convinced that there may be legality issues stemming from such a contest, beyond those determined by our own legal counsel, prior to announcing the contest.
So, despite my personal distaste for what some companies have done to take advantage of virus fears among the Mac community, and my own inclination to make a bold statement in response to those fears, I have no responsible choice but to retract the contest, effective immediately.”