On 07/18/2012 09:39 PM, Bill Sconce wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:23:45 -0400
Bill Sconce sco...@in-spec-inc.com wrote:
And Java, yet another case -- if there ever turns out to be a reason to
have Java installed.
There seems never to have been a reason. Not on any Linux system I've
been
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
On 07/18/2012 09:39 PM, Bill Sconce wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:23:45 -0400
Bill Sconce sco...@in-spec-inc.com wrote:
And Java, yet another case -- if there ever turns out to be a reason to
have Java installed.
Java
Those who use terms like immune or virus-proof when
discussing Linux do everybody a disservice since neither
is true.
Ouch.
Ooops. I forgot about your signature line. ;-
I gave careful consideration to adopting my current signature
line, for exactly the reason of the problems of
Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net writes:
Those who use terms like immune or virus-proof when
discussing Linux do everybody a disservice since neither
is true.
Ouch.
Ooops. I forgot about your signature line. ;-
I gave careful consideration to adopting my current
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
Since it's likely (inevitable?) that compromised Linux systems
will someday be involved in sensational headlines, I'd think
it would be even more humiliating if somebody can dig up claims
that Linux is
Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name writes:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
Since it's likely (inevitable?) that compromised Linux systems
will someday be involved in sensational headlines, I'd think
it would be even more
Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name writes:
On 07/18/2012 09:39 PM, Bill Sconce wrote:
What's more surprising, over the past few weeks I've been removing Java
from all my clients' Windows PCs. At first I was afraid something would
break, but itt seems THEY'VE never really needed Java either. (I'm
