eamonnshute--re: "Winter 2003's SQL Slammer virus cost.." Yea, that is sorta odd. Sounds almost like Intel has been busily creating the viruses themselves to help assure the success of their Upgrade campaign! lol!
That depends on whether you consider Winter to be the first or last season of the year. Most of winter is at the beginning of the following year in which it starts, i.e. winter runs from Dec. 21 of the starting year to Mar. 21 of the following year. So, is winter 2003 the winter that starts in December of 2002 and runs it's course in 2003, or the winter that starts in December of 2003 and runs it's course in 2004?