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Root is not protection
Linux stumbles around as a workstation/desktop OS because Unix was designed as a server OS. It has the multiuser complexities that a personal computer user does not need nor want. You can log onto XP as a reduced functionality user just as easily as you can do so with linux, but people expect to have full control of their personal comuters. The multiuser scenario is passe in this modern age.

Fortunately for linux, the same clumsy operation that interferes with the computer owner interferes with the computer attacker and linux appears to be less susceptible when it is really less useful.
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Ouch...  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
Umm.. what does closed source have to do with it?  d_jedi | 09/22/04
How so?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
open source would let you UNINSTALL  V Sanders | 09/22/04
Maybe...  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
It's All Over  Jeff Spicoli | 09/22/04
Open source has bugs too.  mobrien_12@... | 09/22/04
How prevailant is png  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
Don't see the point.  mobrien_12@... | 09/22/04
Must be the top of your head . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Root is not protection  amicus_curious | 09/23/04
Don't Hate  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
round and round  linuxoverwindows | 09/23/04
RE: roundand round  phobos | 09/23/04
People's expectation are that it work  voska | 09/23/04
Apples and oranges  d_jedi | 09/23/04
A challenge!  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Re: A challenge (and fix the f*ing talkbacks, ZDNet!! )  d_jedi | 09/23/04
Excellent Response  AmusedAtItAll | 09/23/04
Not just that . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
But..  d_jedi | 09/23/04
I like...  doe_z | 09/23/04
A little birdy told me...  John Le'Brecage | 09/22/04
Shock and Awe  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Exactly...  John Le'Brecage | 09/23/04
Whatever happened to investigative journalism?  Omch'Ar | 09/23/04
The Porn industry  Seeker1 | 09/23/04
Dan Rather thinks  Seeker1 | 09/23/04
Not really..  Patrick Jones | 09/23/04
Windows update won't fix this hole  an27182818 | 09/23/04
Windows Update won't fix this hole, Part II  boomslang_z | 09/23/04
What MS need to do...  ryusen | 09/23/04
The person(s) responsible for this should be...  BitTwiddler | 09/23/04
Law and Order  StorageGuru | 09/23/04
true  linuxoverwindows | 09/23/04
I agree!  StorageGuru | 09/23/04
MP#, part 2  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/23/04
Not Quite true . . .  Roger Ramjet | 09/23/04
Waiting for em to port it to Linux  FilledOut | 09/23/04
Where is AX  sa_z | 09/23/04
wow - scary  V Sanders | 09/23/04
Give Credit.....  DragonBRockin | 09/23/04
Don't wait, install firefox  kevin.dell@... | 09/24/04
agreed.  stevo32 | 09/28/04
SANS GDI+ Third Party Vulnerability Scanner  boomslang_z | 09/27/04
Really Useful links! Thanks.  GrahamA | 09/29/04

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