http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/2014240
When a parasite is faced with a change in environment, it too will
change or perish. While Microsoft Windows is the platform of choice for
viruses and other malware, parasite writers are starting to smell fresh
blood elsewhere. Numerous metrics indicate that Linux is charging full
speed into the desktop market. According to an IDC report, businesses
and government departments will spend $98 million on services to support
their Linux systems in 2004. By 2008, the figure is predicted to
increase to $228 million.

"The escalating growth is already gaining the wrong sort of attention.
According to Trend Micro, the number of Linux viruses and worms reported
in the wild between June and November of last year increased five-fold,
from 100 to 496, and is still growing...


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