Hi Lawrence, I should have written "what is fact and what is fiction", but thought that what the media may be presenting is "what is fact and what is conspiracy theories" (C.T.) cheers, Ian. ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz <wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> on behalf of Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz> Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2018 10:46 a.m. To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [wlug] meeting ideas? On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:59:35 +0000, Ian Stewart wrote:
The CPU chip vulnerabilities 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre'. I think Lawrence might be in the best position to sort the newspaper stories into what is fact and what is C.T.; and explain what's going on / how it impacts Linux.
Not sure what “C.T.” stands for, but if there are any inaccuracies in the company statements in particular, they are in their attempts to downplay what is turning out to be a very serious headache for the entire computing industry. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug