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Presences at Conferences AVAR, December 2001, Hong Kong
Robert Vibert, Administrator of AVIEN (and Segura Solutions, the company that handles the administrative work for AVIEN), presents a look at what the AVIEN / AVI-EWS organizations are all about.
Vesselin Bontchev (not representing his employer FRISK software) launches an all-out attack on the whole notion of users actually knowing enough about malware to ask vendors to provide them with certain features.
Robert desperately tries to maintain his cool while listening to Vesselin. He replies politely and asks for more questions. To keep things in perspective, he remembers Vesselin in another frame of mind, as seen below:
Vesselin Bontchev letting himself relax, Orlando, Florida.
Next up is Vincent Gulloto of Network Associates, who also passionately asks why AVIEN exists in the first place. As far as we know, Vincent does not perform in nightclubs on the side. The woman beside him does look like she is listening to a ballad, though, come to think of it.
Robert is now cool as a cucumber and takes pleasure in explaining why customers would want to talk to each other about malware issues and products.
Having survived the onslaught of verbal attacks, Robert Vibert is awarded a plaque to display in his office.
And, in an incredible show of solidarity with the needs of users, Robert gets to sit on a panel which is bombarded with questions from the audience. Here we see him adjusting his tri-corder to deflect the more harrowing of these assaults. Besides the rigours of the conference, Hong Kong was a wonderful city and much enjoyed by the members of AVIEN who attended. If you forgot, you were supposed to be wearing your funny bone while reading the above captions.
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