What fascinates more than anything else in the ongoing Linux -v- Windows debate is the importance placed on potential code exploits over and above anything and everything else of consideration... User preference, suitability of purpose, sustainability and supportability, interactivity with existing systems and data, training requirements, ease-of-use... all pale to insignificance when a suspected 'exploit' raises its head.
What also fascinates is the way these reported exploits are only deemed the responsibility of manufacturers to patch (albeit the manufacturer can be a corporation or community - noting Open Source is often both), yet most potential exploits are mitigated by the simplest of methods - Do not access the 'net under a user account with administrative rights; run an up-to-date virus scanner; do not accept html emails, and do not open email attachments from an unknown source. Somehow the matter of practicalities, common sense and reasonable use seems to have been lost in this continuing battle of platform evangelism. Don Cameron _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
