> In the first Patlabor movie E. Hoba, the author of the Labor virus, graduated from MIT, and one or two mentions were made of efforts by people at MIT to eradicate the virus.

Reminds me of the time I wrote RMS an email telling him he should watch that, as a parable on the importance of using free software in public-works infrastructure. He said it looked really good but that he'd have to try to find a copy on VHS.