Take a look at this Groklaw article, you'll love it: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050206204640581
This article is just brilliant. One of my all time favourites. Cheers, Daniel. On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 10:37:30AM +1000, alastair horne wrote: > 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] -- 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]
