Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4020 mails)

[Jeffrey Laramie <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > The truth of the matter is Windows is vulnerable because windows is
> > vulnerable.  Its attacked because is is vulnerable and any 13 year old
> > can break in with only a few scripts.
>

Hey, my kid isn't just "any 13 year old"  ;-)

> A similar situation occurred with OS/2.  Because of the way it was
> built, it was very difficult for a virus to infect it.  About the only
> way in, was a boot sector virus, which means you had to boot from an
> infected floppy, to get infected.  Viruses are almost entirely a Windows
> problem, because of inherent deficiencies.

Sadly I miscalulated IBM's ability to market OS/2, so now I'm running 5+ year 
old software on most of my office desktops, at least until I can finish 
updating my proprietary software to run on Linux. I've never had a virus or 
exploit of any kind on any of my OS/2 or Linux boxes. My decision to select 
reliability and security over popularity has caused me to endure constant 
hassling by employees who don't want to use anything but Windows (I suspect 
because it has the best selection of time wasting toys). Nevertheless I've 
held firm and it looks like I've picked the right pony this time.

Jeff