Because it won't take off on the desktop - if it does it will (sfvlw) BTW I'd go so far as to say that the Windows (NT/W2K/XP/.NET) NTFS permission structure is overall far superior to Linux <ducks flames>, BUT the problem is not generally the architecture; instead it's the attidude of *both* the vendor and the user-base to security. I'm very new to Linux, but it seems clear that:
- a "default install" of Linux from most distros is not particularly secure - many users of desktop Linux will spend a significant amount of time logged in as root If Linux was ever to take off in the desktop space it would become pretty monocultural as well. Even now its possible to see how this might happen, with Mandrake being generally recommended for newbie/desktop users. Imagine how quickly a distro that was 5 times as friendly/easy might fare... it might well sweep through the world, and voila - the monoculture you need. Users are just not familier with the notion of having to logoff, back in as Supervisor/Administrator/Root, install software, logout and back in. Simple and obvious to you and me, but 90% of experienced computer users have never faced this. - steve ========================================================= http://www.commarc.co.nz (This e-mail has been scanned by MailMarshal)
