Hi joe Just in case you are interested, which I doubt from the anti-Microsoft tone, I have to reboot my Linux server several times per day (I assume because of hackers), and my Windows NT server has been rebooted for hardware and software upgrades only. It currently has been up for three years, three months and 5 days. (November 12, 1999 when we moved our offices)
The only reason that Microsoft products are the target of so much malice is because they are the most commonly used products. People are not going to write a virus that targets non-Microsoft email clients for basically two reasons: 1. There is not as much bang-for-the-buck. (Why write a virus to take down three computers, when, for the same amount of effort, you can take down three million?) 2. They do not wish to publicly declare that their software of choice is just as vulnerable. But, although I would never rely on *nix for my desktop workstation, I wouldn't run Windows on my Internet Servers either. Brian O'Donnell Doctor PC www.doctorpc.ca > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Peter Kiem wrote: > > > (Yes I DO know people that STILL don't run a virus checker on their PCs) > > I don't use any virus checker. never have. no need - use unix - a well > behaved OS. Everyone who can should do unix. My average uptime in > windows was about 48 hours before a blue screen crash. In unix > > 8:18pm up 72 days, 15:18, 9 users, load average: 0.02, 0.10, 0.08 > > 72 days and counting. I remember the last time the system booted - there > was a power failure. And to think of it - i really don't remember the > last time i rebooted the system intentionally for any reason. > > regards > joe >
