It nice to see him mention Linux in there, although most of what he had to say about Linux was negitive, welll I would not expect any less from the Bill. Made me laugh a few times, when he said something complettely un true.
regards alastairh On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 19:25:50 -0500, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, you guys are going to love this interview. For once, an interviewer > asked Bill some neat questions: > > http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,340395,00.html > > Like for instance: > > SPIEGEL: Microsoft is not only a part of the solution, but also, because > of its market power, part of the problem. When a company provides more > than 90 percent of all personal computers with software it is inevitably a > target for hackers interested in causing the most damage possible. > > Gates: There are actually a large number of operating systems in addition > to Windows, for example, such as OS from Apple or Linux and Unix... > > SPIEGEL: ... but in the realm of normal personal computers, they don't > play a large role worldwide. > > Gates: The truth is: the fewer operating systems there are within a > company, the better it is from a security point of view. > > SPIEGEL: I beg your pardon? > > ... [snip] ... > > SPIEGEL: But your small competitor Apple, for example, is much less > frequently a victim of virus attacks ... > > Gates: ... put so sweepingly, that is not correct. Of course we are the > largest target, simply because we have the most widely disseminated > system. But it affects others in exactly the same way. Linux is, in many > respects, even more significantly affected. > > SPIEGEL: In a few hours a Windows virus can travel across the world like > an epidemic... > > Gates: ... above all because of our global popularity. But we know that. > And we must apply still more time and money to it. However, spam or data > theft are not questions of the operating system. For this, you also need > laws and global standards. > > SPIEGEL: Once again: Windows is the most vulnerable. > > Cheers, > -- > Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, > Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. > http://oooauthors.org | > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Diploma of IT (Network Engineering) althepcman - Job Hunting in North Queensland, email jobs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
