a bad outlook

By Todd Stadler · Wednesday, May 9, 2001 8:59pm

We got another virus alert at work today. I simply can't believe how many viruses have gone around that affect only Outlook. It's like a joke.

How can anybody think that it's a good idea to install a piece of software that is so easily made to do bad things? If this were anyone besides Microsoft, would we really use this junk?

And besides, what is so all-fired great about Outlook that makes these viruses worth bearing? Are people truly so ignorant as to think that this is the only way to read their e-mail? I'm just baffled.

I mean, there are downloadable packages out there for producing Outlook bugs. All you have to do is add your own personal destructive technique or cute flair, and send it to someone with a large Outlook address book.

And yet this is the most popular way for people to read mail? You can download Pine or Eudora for free, and they're practically immune to these viruses because they don't automatically execute every stupid file someone sends you.

Really, this is just proof of the endless stupidity of humanity. We have too many people using computers who don't know what they're doing. I can't imagine any other invention being used so ignorantly by people to such ill effect. And it's not the people's fault that the product doesn't recognize that they're stupid.