Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2803 mails)

[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:22 -0700, J Sloan wrote:

> You're attacking a straw man here. Nobody has ever claimed that any OS
> is invulnerable. However, the sort of irrational fear that one becomes
> accustomed to as a result of using microsoft OSes is out of place in the
> *nix world. In other words, linux users should be aware of the
> environment, and exercise due diligence, but there's no need for the
> chicken little routine.

Just because there's "no need for the chicken little routine" doesn't 
mean that we shouldn't be vigilant about protecting ourselves from 
potential threats down the road.

Today viruses are not a major problem on Linux.  They're hardly a blip.  
I hope they stay that way.  But that doesn't mean it makes sense to not 
explore ways of protecting oneself against that threat.  I wouldn't want 
to be caught at the 11th hour when the first massive virus attack hits 
Linux and have nobody have even thought about how to deal with it in a 
way that makes sense for the "average user".

Users shouldn't *have* to be rocket scientists to protect themselves.

Jim
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