> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Smith > Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2005 8:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] When will people learn?
--snip-- > > > > The Open Source business model on the other hand is based > on the sale > > of support for the product, which provides an excellent > motivation for > > quality since the better the product works, the less it > will cost to support. > > I am a very happy user of Linux (migrated from MS Windows one > or two years ago), but one could speculate that MS Windows > based systems are more prone to be attacked (by virus, worms, > hackers,etc.) than the Linux ones just because the former are > in much larger number and, therefore, it is more encouraging > and motivating for the attackers to do such a things. On the > other hand, since there are much more MS Windows users, there > are consequently much more potential attackers (among those > users), increasing the probability of success with attacking > MS Windows based systems. > > Paul > I also suspect the problem is with the quality of the user. Linux users use Linux, where as windows users often use Word, or play Doom. Windows users are more bothered by the application, and what they want to do, than by the means by which it is done, making them more vulnerable to malware. That said Vista is suppose to be the first version of windows where the user is not given admin, or root privileges by default. MS is only just beginning to implement basic security measures like that by default. My 2 cents. Hugh
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