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@list.waikato.ac.nz <wlug-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz> on behalf of Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2018 10:46 a.m.
To: wlug@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.
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