Author halts blog worm 'experiment'
A NETHERLANDS-BASED software developer who created a blog "worm" in an experiment that has spread to thousands of blogs worldwide, said that he is calling it quits and taking down his viral joke after getting flak from online communities.
"I'm getting more and more negative feedback from several communities (like Microsoft) about the security risks. Although I don't completely agree with them, it quite spoiled the fun I had with this experiment. The climax had to come with Valentine's Day (a worldwide message for my girlfriend), but with the whole commotion that started, I've decided to let that idea go and cease blog.worm's activities for now," Robin Schuil told INQ7.net in an e-mail interview.
