On 9/3/2011 4:47 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > No, that is the point i am disagreeing with. If Gnu&Linux, Bsd and other > Unix-based OSes were equally vulnerable then we would see a lot more servers > being compromised. Affecting several thousand servers would have a vastly > higher impact then affecting that many desktops wouldn't it? So, why bother > with desktops if servers are just as vulnerable? For the same effort more > data > could be collected and more disruption could be caused by aiming at servers. > So > why bother with creating malware for desktops at all? When not just target > servers? > > > Compare with other sorts of crime. Imagine no corporate crime, no fraud, no > scams just about 50%-20% of everyone getting mugged for loose change on the > way > home a couple of times a year. It's low hanging fruit but just not worth the > investment of time and effort so people go for bigger targets to get more > cash. > Why doesn't this happen with malware? Why not several thousand servers > instead > of just desktops? > Regards from > Tom :)
Good point. It is the pompous A$$ types, ten feet tall and bulletproof, that annoy me. -- David -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
