John, the problem is, a very large percentage of the membership of CC are New-Newbies. They just got their computer, (in hours usage), and are afraid to turn it on if someone says "security problems". You have to remember that on a 1 - 10 scale, the Linux group are at an 8 - 10 and the members that we teach are in the 1 - 3 range. Security problems are real and I try to address it every workshop I give, but a lot of the CC membership still don't even have the basic antivirus or firewall software even thought you can get them free. Larry
> John Beamon wrote: > "Holy crap", indeed. Is it really PI to mention security problems in the > Clickers' list? What else do 1500 ppl talk about on a daily basis in what > is essentially a Windows club? > > </span> > > oof! That was harsh. I'm sorry. It slipped out before I could restrain > it. No offense intended. Seriously, when MS' own Supreme Architect (or > whatever his title is this week) goes for Trusted Computing (TM) and makes > security job #1 for the world's largest software company, it seems that a > basically Windows club would consider this an important subject to > converse freely about. I mean, if I checked my mail more than my > securityfocus.com and cert.org, I would APPRECIATE people pointing out > major security issues from time to time. Finding the subject gauche is > just obtuse beyond belief in modern computing times. No offense intended, > but I "don't get it". > > -j > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
