Bulgarian computer virus ("Murphy")

[Lynne Murphy]

>    Greetings again from Sofia, where I have just a few minutes before dinner.
>
>BULGARIAN COMPUTER VIRUS "MURPHY"--Veliko Tarnovo, where I just came
>from, is noted for its pirate software.  Microsoft lobbied for
>changes in Bulgaria's copyright laws; Bulgaria agreed, because they
>want to join the EU.  Bulgaria rationalizes intellectual property
>theft with (1) they can't afford the real stuff and (2) the west
>took away all their computer professionals that were educated under
>communism in the 1980s.
>    Bulgaria claims to have invented the first computer virus,
>"Murphy," written by the Dark Avenger.  I can't verify this, and I
>don't know if Murphy will make the OED.

I protest!

Dr Murphy
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M. Lynne Murphy
Lecturer in Linguistics
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 3AN    UK
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