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echo: aust_avtech
to: John Tserkezis
from: David Drummond
date: 2004-04-13 18:47:42
subject: Re: Locking Windows

G'day John

13 Apr 04 15:44, John Tserkezis wrote to All:

 JT> David Drummond wrote:

 >>  PQ> "MZ" stands for Mark Zbikowksi who was the
principal architect of 
 >>  PQ> DOS.

 >> What ever the guy's name, I do not think the mere prepending of the 
 >> letters MZ to something will make it actually execute.

 JT>   If the file extension is COM or EXE, it *WILL* execute.  _How_ it 
 JT> executes depends on the first two characters. 

How many text files can you produce, that when they have MZ prepended,
actually do something?

Regards,
David

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