-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 October 20, 2003 07:04 pm, yankl wrote: <snip> > Before flaming me read my signature.
Why would I flame you? > Sorry to spoil that bashing of the writer, but he makes a valid point. It > is not an OS, it is user who use it. 99.9999% of windblows viruses are > based on the social engineering in addition to software flow. I bash the writer because I see his article as an attack on anyone that holds the view that Windows is insecure by design, and his alluding to the fact that those of us stating the opposite about GNU/Linux are idiots. While I agree with your analysis that much of the burden is on users, I don't agree with much else that author wrote. I've never told anyone that GNU/Linux was invulnerable, one of his "facts;" but I often tell people that it's a hell of a lot easier to secure, and to keep secure, than Windows has ever been. If you thought the quote from my grandfather was directed strictly at the author of the "rebuttal" read it again. Specifically in the light of what I said about users before that quote. Other than that I'm forced to respectfully agree to disagree with you that the author even had a point. Other than the ones on his head. (-: I've read and heard far too many similar arguments with zero basis in fact from too many sources over the years. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 19:34:18 up 30 days, 8:57, 1 user, load average: 0.19, 0.63, 0.69 Don't read any sky-writing for the next two weeks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lJDBG11CaRuZZSIRAn3LAJ9fJbwQAEbl/2QR4Dbc6vFaC489dQCeP7XW e04flGor96wluRXmEQbhct4= =6A+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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