On Wed, 19 May 2010 08:30:47 -0500, Kelman, Tom wrote: >OS/2 probably didn't have the security issues of Windows because (1) not >as many people used it, and (2) it wasn't around long enough for the >hackers to really get going on it.
Those are the number 2 and 3 reasons, and they are far behind the number 1 reason, which is that OS/2 users do not run in the Intel equivalent of supervisor state. It's the same reason Linux is more secure. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
