I know there are other reasons, but the one I always trot out at this point in the conversation is that Windows is a younger OS. The mainframe has been around a couple more decades than Windows, so there's been more time to spot and plug holes.
Plus, for the first decade or so of Windows' life it was essentially a one-operator OS; whatever you did to Windows was just you, not (usually) someone reaching in from outside. Then, too, it took a while for MS to get religion about security. But first and foremost, IMVHO, it's that MVS has been around so much longer. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* If the Earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything off it by now. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 21:27 Ok, but why is Windows easier to hack than the mainframe? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
