JeffM wrote:
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Daniel wrote:
[...]BitDefender[...]anti-virus update[...]
I've been reading with great amusement
this thread about a toy OS and the hoops its users jump thru.
If your b-i-l used Mandriva, he'd not have had this problem! :-)
I was thinking along those lines from the beginning.
My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do
that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS?
I'm betting that the answer is "None".
Analogy: A car can easily be wrecked, but a safe driver can generally
avoid that. By the same token, Windows can easily be infected, but a
safe user can generally avoid that.
The main reasons people use Windows:
1) Inertia -- they've always used it, it's familiar and understandable
(mostly); it's the default when they go to the store;
2) Interoperability -- it's so ubiquitous that if you share files,
chances are the other person already has the app that generated them and
knows how to use it. Similarly, if you need help or feel generous about
giving help, chances are your friend is using the same program.
Ordinary users don't think nearly as much about security as techies like
us, and they're much less willing to invest time and effort to learn the
arcana of lesser-known operating systems like Linux or lesser-known mail
programs like SeaMonkey. They don't want to maintain the car, they just
want to drive it. Beyond filling the tank and cleaning the windshield,
they can't be bothered.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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