This is the BEST news I have heard all week.
I knew this was coming but did not realize they were this close to implementation.
US-CERT, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, will begin issuing uniform names for computer viruses, worms and other malicious code next month, as part of a program called the Common Malware Enumeration initiative.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1862266,00.asp
To malware fighters, researchers, and many others this will be a very good thing.
There will be some issues but it will make my job easier.