------ Rishi Gangoly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 --------
> I wanted to trigger a conversation here on why Viruses infect Windows PCs and > not GNU/Linux systems, Hi Rishi, Your post reminds me of an article I read on Slashdot last year. Viruses and Market Dominance - Myth or Fact? ============================================ An article at The Register, authored by Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus, examines the conventional wisdom that if Linux or Mac OS X were as popular as Windows, there would be just as many viruses written for those platforms. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html Mr. Granneman bluntly says this is wrong, then proceeds to detail the fundamental differences between those OS's and Windows which make Windows an easy and inviting target for virus-writers, as opposed to the Unix-based platforms. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
