On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Cy Kurtz wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 21:54, HaywireMac wrote: > > On 20 Oct 2003 21:41:10 -0400 > > Cy Kurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > no no no wait a minute! > > > > > > What happens when Linux becomes as popular as windows? Most people > > > writing virii are aiming at windows boxen, because they are more > > > numerous. People writing virii want to do as much damage as > > > possible, so they are going to go after the most popular OS. > > > > That is a myth, thoroughly debunked many many many times. > > > > People write exploits for Windows machines because it is *easy*, not > > because they are numerous. > > > Well, alrighty then, I guess it's very possible that I was wrong. Thank > you for pointing that out to me. I'm going back to read that article > again. Wow. Ya lern sumpin ever day!
Another learned opinion(/rant <g>) on the matter is that of Rick Moen: http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#virus -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to every- body is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this is like saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever.'" -- Dave Barry
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