Dan wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:25:36 GMT, "Jim Hampton"
wrote:


If everyone changed to Linux, you can bet the virus and worm writers would
be writing most of the stuff for Unix systems.


Indeed. This whole notion of "everyone should switch so all of these
problems go away" is naieve at best, plain stupid at worst.

1. Who said that?

2. Can you let us know specifically what the Linux flaws are, and how
they compare numerically and in severity with the integrated systems in
the Microsoft applications?

Their integration with the OS is one of those concepts that sound good,
but unless you have incredibly competent software writing, will be a
constant source of security problems.



It's like looking at stats for fuel usage of passenger cars and
trucks, noting that cars make up most of the usage of gas, and trucks
use a small percentage, then saying "Gee, we should all start driving
trucks to save gas"!

But aren't you doing the same thing by telling us that Linux and other
systems have as many flaws as the Microsoft systems?

Hell-o!


Yo, wassup?


- mike KB3EIA -