On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 01:52 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Hans van der Merwe wrote:
I think we agree on the subject.
Last thing - I dont think most virus/trojan/DOSattack writers do it because its easy to do it in Windows (which it is), but because its got a huge impact on the computer industry (80% odd using flavor of Win) -> and in there lies my main argument, that if it is do-able in Linux (irrelevant of afford) it will hit the successful Desktop Linux market.
In which case, you're dumber than a box of rocks.
Windows malware often requires NO user action to cause damage, where as you have demonstrated your absolute REFUSAL to even understand that the security model of Unix/Linux (going all the way back to the 1970's) REQUIRES that a user do several specific steps to make a malware package run...things that a "clueless newbie" isn't going to know how to do in the first place--thus protecting him/her from his own ignorance.
Now shut up, and get a freaking clue. Sheesh!
Wow, this thread still going? Seeing that you provide such a compelling and well structured argument to the issue at hand and keeping your personal insecurities to yourself, I feel obligated to respond. If you read the rest of the thread you will learn that other things come to play when talking about the future of the Desktop Linux platform. Newbies, as you pointed out, will not know how to make the email attachment executable, thus people (friends, Dell, who ever) will start writing software to overcome these........ oh what the hell read the other posts, Im bored. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org