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while Linux remains immune

Okay, sorry to have bothered you. Carry on then.

At the end of the day, neither of us will likely spend any more time than the other in trying to secure their machines and neither of us will ever be affected by the malware out there. On the other end of the spectrum, naive users will continue to practice horrible security measures and while today they restrict themselves to Windows, tomorrow they will be the ones running Linux as root or setting the execute flag, entering their root password, and running the "dancing elves" attachment because that is what the email told them to do with the attachment. Today, nobody writes Linux "dancing elves" attachments because nobody running Linux falls into the naive computer user end of the spectrum. That will either never change in which case Linux will continue to be a niche player and be secure through obscurity or it will change and Linux will see just as many socially engineered attacks as Windows does. End of story. Have a nice day!
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 02/03/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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When is a virus not a virus?  Chad_z | 02/01/05
When Peter Linstrom says it isn't  george_ou | 02/01/05
Even so.  nucrash | 02/01/05
You don't even believe the company that found the problem?  PA-ITGuy | 02/02/05
Umm.. yea, that's because the whole OS is a flaw!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/01/05
We got you Xunil  BXLE | 02/01/05
The hemorroid medication is on aisle 3  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/02/05
Would it be possible...  PA-ITGuy | 02/02/05
I want my tushy meds from Xunil-Mart!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Suffers from Extended An-al Blockage  Da-Man | 02/03/05
Let's see, one of the advertised protections does not work, but,  DonnieBoy | 02/01/05
A protection that doesn't even exist in...  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
What hw is required for DEP or XD under SP2?  JED! | 02/02/05
Microsoft : You already paid us, read the EULA and ....  whisperycat | 02/02/05
Apples and Oranges  Real World | 02/02/05
Deliberate misdirection  whisperycat | 02/03/05
Your Linux sounds exactly like my Windows  NonZealot | 02/03/05
Sounds like MS spin to me  whisperycat | 02/03/05
Yawn  NonZealot | 02/03/05
Where to begin...  Real World | 02/03/05
wrong jelly  MIS Master | 02/02/05
Actually  Real World | 02/02/05
Good point  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Took the words straight outta my mouth  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Not exactly a fair comparison  Chad_z | 02/02/05
It truly is hilarious isn't it?..  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
If they back-peddle any harder...  BitTwiddler | 02/02/05
Wow, the zealots are out in force on this one!  NonZealot | 02/02/05
Yup, and I'm guessing that's why you're here!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
It's true...  Real World | 02/02/05
We always say the same things  MIS Master | 02/02/05
And let me shoot your "argument" down again for the umpteenth time  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
But what if Microsoft made it a little fish  voska | 02/02/05
LOL  Mack DaNife | 02/02/05
So your employers have had to quit charging you for personal time...  boomslang_z | 02/03/05
If there is a problem then MS should fix it  liskanich | 02/02/05
Heehe..cute..  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
you know why spicc  MIS Master | 02/03/05
So what you're saying is...  bit_rot | 02/02/05
Microsoft Employees Siding With Apple's IPOD..Read This!  itanalyst | 02/02/05
That is @#$%ing HILARIOUS dude!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Hardly an unbiased report.  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
Doesn't matter  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
There is not necessarily a corelation between blogging...  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
Yes but..  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Same old tactics...  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
Yup Shadester  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Follow the link to the Scoble Blog ...  Len Rooney | 02/02/05
Here, Bitty Bitty Bitty....  itanalyst | 02/02/05
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Hey  Real World | 02/02/05
The author of your little troll bait.  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
Well...  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Jeff's schtick!  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
Wowsers  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Shade, Do You Work For No_Ax?  itanalyst | 02/02/05
He itanalyst.  ShadeTree | 02/02/05
No  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
Actually both he and Axey work for Dave Thomas!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/02/05
too busy  meetwo | 02/02/05
Don't worry, it's their first try at this...  boomslang_z | 02/03/05

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