I'm the guy who posted the anonymous comment on Slashdot that is rapidly becoming famous, in response to the news that MyDoom will attack SCO's website, I commented "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!" The message quickly got modded up to +5 (Funny) and then back down to zero through a combination of Troll and Flamebait mods.

This comment has subsequently been quoted in a story on eWeek, where it has been utterly taken out of context, as apparently honestly cheering on the writers of the MyDoom worm, and seriously suggesting that people that the action I mention. So, I'm forced to say this:

IT WAS A JOKE!

Now, I'm sorry if some people have had sense-of-humour bypasses, but it was not, ever meant to be taken seriously. I'm a responsible mail admin myself, we've been blocking tons of MyDoom, and I wouldn't for a moment consider disabling our virus scanning on mails, or of letting MyDoom through, and neither should you. This worm has the potential to do more serious damage to the reputation of the Free Software community than it does to SCO's website if ill-informed tech writers continue to try to draw connections between it and the community.