Rob Hudson wrote: > > I always thought it was that more users means a bigger install > base means it is more attractive as a target so more viruses > and exploits are written to target Linux.
That was Microshaft's rationalization. They were just trying to draw attention away from the fact that their system was an attractive target because it was *so* easy to break into. -- Allen Brown work: Agilent Technologies non-work: http://www.peak.org/~abrown/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] All human advancement is caused by people who are unreasonable. > On 20041025.1305, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said ... > > > > how come 44 % of the people think linux would be more insecure if it > > > were more popular??? > > > > more popular == more users > > more users == more eyes > > more eyes == more bad people > > more bad people == more malware/exploits/worms/viruses > > > > Same with any other operating system. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
