Comments on: MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

The 19-year-old faces up to 37 months in prison after admitting to creating the "MSBlast.B" variant.

[Big Downhill]

The price we pay and he pays

It would seem to me that a 18 to 37 month sentencing is not that severe for the amount money that we spend to fixing virus infections.
I believe that individuals conficted of creating and initiating the distribution of them should receive sentences of 10 to 20 years for the pain they cause the rest of us.

19-year-old charged in MSBlast virus

Why should the number of infected computers make any difference in sentencing? If I put a bomb in a room of 100 people and it only kills 1, is the crime any less serious? You know darn well he was hoping to hit a few million computers in order to gain bragging rights.

[Jim Harmon]

Why should the number of computers matter?

Because he should get one day in jail for every affected computer.