# Virus programmers are better than MS programmers, obviously

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 26, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-programmers-are-better-than-ms-programmers-obviously/150986 "2003-01-26T04:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-programmers-are-better-than-ms-programmers-obviously/150986/41 "2003-01-27T05:00:25Z")

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> But with computer hardware or software, no such effort on the part of the manufacturer is expected.

This is true, until recently no one required that the producer know who owned their product. There was no way to contact them.

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