It would kill the third party software industry if you couldn't sell easily
installable software to manipulate pictures, create albums, scrapbook,
design your next house, etc, ...
It would also kill the "services" industry. Insecure Windows computers keep
me and my skills in demand and put food on my table, a roof over my family's
head and cars in the carport. Would it be better for the Internet if there
were secure computers? Maybe. But it wouldn't be good for an industry that
makes a living servicing them.
OS's are only as secure as the users that use them. I think that's a repeat
of what Tim said. Aside from the obscure OS's Jim reffered too (not to say
they are not in use, just not widespread), in the real world where billions
are spent on MS, OS X and *nix's, there is no "secure" installation. It's
all under attack and is what keeps us all in a positive cash flow.
MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nakashima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LUAU" <luau@lists.hosef.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the
Internet
On Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 01:53 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Let's just say, it's not in the interest of anyone in the "services" or
even the "services industry" to have a really secure computing platform.
Hi,
Non-technical poster here.
Does the FOSS community have an interest in it?
Would it be practical for the FOSS community to come up with a stable,
secure, "grandpa/grandma" computer system for users who just want to do
email and browse the web a bit?
--Peter
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