I have not followed the whole thread but I wouldn't be too sure to believe that Windows flaws exist per se and are not a result of agreements with somebody else, as some conspiracy theories state.
Just in case, it is safer to use a third party firewall, or run a "bastillized" *n?x. Jose, CO2JA --- kd4e wrote: > >> 7. While Microsoft made a passing attempt at retrofitting > >> security into its early operating systems, they didn't get any > >> money for > this. >> So, we should be extremely grateful that they actually fixed > security >> problems for 8 years for Windows 98. Other companies > would not > >> support any software for that length of time. > > > > Thanks Jim for what is, to me, the most intelligent post related to > > operating systems that I've seen on this list. > > Except that it is not entirely accurate. > > Unix was *always* secure and Linux flowed out of Unix as did BSD. > Unix is very old. > > MS *chose* to not implement security due to profit considerations and > the impossbility of security because of the > wide-open-everything-executes-in-root structure. It was a marketing > and technological nightmare -- I remember it well as a systems > manager and consultant. > > "extremely grateful"? You have to be kidding! > > Bill Gates marketed and promoted secure and stable and while he raked > in billions he shipped insecure and unstable. > > How soon we forget. > > It would be enlightening to read a list of what is worth doing, for > 99% of average users, that is not available free under Linux. > > OS = Free Office apps = Free Internet apps = Free Music processing = > Free Video processing = Free Games = Free > > And to get this back on topic ... > > Ham digital apps = Free Ham antenna calculators = Free Ham logging = > Free Ham DX spotting = Free Ham HT programming apps = Free > > Now I donate to many Linux developers because I want to support them. > It is not about Free to me, it is about choice and integrity and > freedom from abusive OS contracts and limitations. > > Back to digital radio. > > -- > > Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects: > http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com > <http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com> Personal: http://bibleseven.com > <http://bibleseven.com> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
