John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 13 June 2004 05:45, Hans du Plooy wrote:
We're lucky in linux. The numbers are on our side. If linux was on 90% of the world's desktops, we had all better do our updates and run a firewall - there would be a lot more guys out there trying to make trouble for us. Granted, it would be harder, but not impossible.
This is the old Market Share argument used to explain why windows is such a security sieve.
That argument has been throughly debunked in many places on the net and I won't repeat them here. Its part of the Microsoft FUD checklist and it appears you've swollowed it hook line and sinker.
It's a nice one, the numbers game, sounds plausible for a load of old baloney. I started another thread asking if anyone would switch from Linux to Windows if Microsoft had produced what we have as Linux was first and designed by Microsoft, then some idiot Finn came up with Windows that was so easy to make viruses and worms for and they could easily propagate to just about every machine running it. So many years Windows has been designed to work on one single platform and it's still not up to snuff on security and barely robust enough. Dr. Jekyll will tell you he never has any problems with Windows, then Mr. Hyde will tell you he had this problem and that.
And how DARE you call Norway a "technologically retarded third world country " !!!
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He said that?! Dear, oh Dear, I must rpm -e both opera and qt without delay. It's even worse, as Norway is supposedly less technologically retarded than Finland, I'm in deep trouble here as I've got no Windows CD's. What's a body to do on a Sunday night?. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer ===== LINUX ONLY USED HERE =====