**************************************** * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI ****************************************
On Saturday 04 January 2003 20:41, Nikhil Joshi wrote: >�**************************************** >�* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI >�**************************************** > How did u conclude that i assumed the worms and crashes are imposible. They indeed happen, but are extremely rare in a well configured system. Hence the maintainence costs are very low. >�On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >�I guess you are assuming 3 things: > >�1. Worms/viruses are impossible under Linux > >�2. There are no free (beer) tools to combat worms/viruses under >�Windows It is not the cost of the tool (capital cost) but the cost of putting these tools to work that is very high (service costs). >�3. Random crashes are impossible in Linux > >�IMHO �*all* these assumptions are misleading and incorrect. 1 and 3 are very rare in GNU/Linux. Morover they require a badly configured system to "infect". If u happen to use Debian u would be quite safe (IMHO). My point was "conversion" must highlight the maintainence and recurring cost aspect not the capital costs. As for the "piracy n religion" bit call NASSCOM if u wanna stick to the law. rgds [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
