On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 11:22:10AM +0800, Ian C. Sison wrote:
> >
> > Ok agree on that. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree here. The cause
> > of all these SirCam HEADACHES these days is not really the virus itself,
> > but the operating system that allows such virii to proliferate in the
> > first place. I'm saying, let's get our act together, and come up with a
> > low cost, linux based, office network so we can be free of such issues
> > once and for all!
> >
>
> Maybe Cringely is right in the basic premise of his article that was
> recently linked to on Slashdot just last Thursday
> (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010802.html). Some of the
> conclusions the article comes up are IMHO wrong headed, but the
> perception of Microsoft's way of developing software is highly
> relevant. Security does not increase market share, ironically. The
> lack of security does, because then you can make yet other products
> that address the perceived need. Think about it, what is the
> incentive for Microsoft to develop any real security into any of their
> products? Nil. You're stuck with them whether their software sucks
> or not, whether it actually does what you need to do or a poor
> approximation thereof.
>
> The best way will be to break this monopoly.
The first step of which is to provide viable alternative(s). The Linux
Terminal Server project coupled with other projects can form the basis of
common office setups, however, there seems to be no one tackling this need
right now.
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