In a report on computer mono-culture here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20030926/tc_washpost/a2328_2003sep25
A MS supporting trade group came to the company's defense as follows: <quote> In a statement, the Computing Technology Industry Association said the report is flawed by "myopically looking to technology (i.e., 'bad' software OS) instead of addressing the underlying cause -- human behavior -- for cyber breaches." </quote> So customer's _are_ idiots, or the enemy, depending on your viewpoint. Puh-leaze. MS is a master of manipulating humans to buy their products. To turn around and blame humans (customers) for their security problems is unacceptable. Scott McNeely will love this: If a car has seat-belts then the occupants must use the seat-belts to accrue their value. Windows is a Corvair - no seat belts and "Unsafe At Any Speed". At least *nix has seat-belts. OpenBSD comes with air-bags, roll-bars, reinforced doors, break-away panels, 5-point occupant restraints, and independent safety certifications. Where does your malware want to go today? Anywhere it damn well wants to. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
