McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
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From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Estes
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 03:57
The vet I take my pets to doesn't accept email, because of all the
viruses etc., he was always getting. He doesn't seem to realize
that
running Windows is the cause of the problem and he wouldn't have to
worry about that, if he ran Linux.
That's because Linux only has a very small segment of the market. If
Linux
gains a larger market share, then the idiots that write viruses will
begin
to write viruses for Linux.
But they'll still be writing for a splintered market because "Linux" is
not a monolith. There are many different kernel versions out there,
different distributions with different methods of handling stuff
(including "standard" file locations, packaging, etc.). For that reason
alone, there'll be far fewer people interested in writing Linux viruses.
Far less bang-for-the-buck or return for effort expended.
Most Linux distros are compliant with the Linux Standard Base, which
specifies locations for the various files, etc.
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