.........TAKE IT TO SLASHDOT
everyone move on....nothing to see here.
On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 10:13 PM, Bryan Brannigan wrote:
Ok.. I don't think is the place for a Linux vs. Windows fight. Mods.. could
we get this thread killed?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doctor PC - Brian
O'Donnell
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:28 PM
To: OpenSRS Discuss List
Subject: Re: Virus found in mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
