Dangerous Virus Official Notice

OFFICIAL NOTICE - POST IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS VIRUS First, a little history. The X window system escaped from Project Athena at MIT where it was being held in isolation. When notified, MIT stated publicly that "MIT assumes no responsibility...". This is a very disturbing statement. It then infiltrated Digital Equipment Corporation, where it has since corrupted the technical judgement of this organization. After sabotaging Digital Equipment Corporation, a sinister X consortium was created to find a way to use X as part of a plan to dominate and control interactive window systems. X windows is sometimes distributed by this secret consortium free of charge to unsuspecting victims. The destructive cost of X can not even be guessed. X is truly obese - whether it's mutilating your hard disk or actively infesting your system, you can be sure it is up to no good. Innocent users need to be protected from this dangerous virus. Even as you read this, the X source distribution and the executable environment created is being maintained by hundreds of computers - maybe even your own. Digital Equipment Corporation is already shipping machines that carry this dreaded infestation. It must be destroyed. This is what happens when software with good intentions goes bad. It victimizes innocent users by distorting their perception of what is and what is not good software. This malignant window system must be destroyed. Ultimately DEC and MIT must be held accountable for this heinous software crime, brought to justice, and made to pay for a software cleanup. Until DEC and MIT answer to these charges, they both should be assumed to be protecting dangerous software criminals. Don't be fooled!! Just say no to X.

A mock public-health warning poster presents the X Window System as a dangerous computer virus, complete with a threatening illustration and urgent official language. The joke is a parody of virus alerts and moral panics: it treats software distribution, computer infestation, and technical disagreements as if they were criminal biological contamination. It can be sent as a reaction to exaggerated anti-technology warnings, software feuds, or dramatic claims that a program is ruining computers. EN: A mock public-health warning poster presents the X Window System as a dangerous computer virus, complete with a threatening illustration and urgent official language. The joke is a parody of virus alerts and moral panics: it treats software distribution, computer infestation, and technical disagreements as if they were criminal biological contamination. It can be sent as a reaction to exaggerated anti-technology warnings, software feuds, or dramatic claims that a program is ruining computers.

• @pokupkabitka / 26831 2023-07-24