Taylor said that he didn\u2019t understand why so many people were concerned about an e-mail exchange between two people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is just a bunch of freaks out there that don\u2019t have anything better to do,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I came in to work Monday morning, I had about 500 e-mails, plus anonymous phone calls from all the geeks out there. [CentOS is] a free operating system that this guy gives away, which tells you how much time he\u2019s got on his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taylor said that the mistake could have happened to anyone, and he stands by what he did. \u201cI\u2019m not about to follow any instructions on an unknown web page,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThat could put a virus on my system.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Indeed, he blames the CentOS people for not doing the research into who hosted the website to begin with (though they’d asked for that info from Taylor), and is pleased that his threat to go to the FBI prompted CentOS to take his complaint seriously and be polite to him.<\/p>\n
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