Windows machines come configured as the initial user the system Administrator.
Most users don't realize this and never change it - even though Microsoft tells you all about it in the help..... When a virus / worm / trojan comes along it is analogous to having 'The fox in the chicken coop'. Any good??? Richard. On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 17:24, Bill Bennett wrote: > It's a peculiar request, so please bear with me. > > I had been asked why Linux was immune to the wave of viruses > that have been pillaging Microsoft-oriented machines. To be > honest, I didn't have a ready reply. The best I could do was > "Well, Linux is differently organised." Feeble, I know, but the > enquirer was not a nurd and, if it comes to that, neither am I. > > So I thought about the matter. I wanted a good analogy. > > This was the best that came to mind: > > "Assume someone has put something in your petrol that rots > piston heads and only piston heads. Eventually the engine > will fail. > > *However* it's not going to affect me if my engine is a Wenkel." > > As I say, the best I could do. > > Can anyone do better? The issue *must* have surfaced in the past > and valid analogies must have been drawn for the non-technical. > My reason for wanting this is that, occasionally I'm asked why I > will not even look at, or consider going back to MS. Blinding > people with technicalia generally gets you nowhere. > > Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
