On another list I made the analogy of using W$ being like driving a Ferrari, and parking it in Harlem with the keys left in it...
Doug On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:35 am, Grant Parnell wrote: > How about this one... > > It's like entering a house through the door: > Windows OS has key locks, most virii use some variation of a lock picker. > Unix/Linux OS have numeric key pads, a lock picker is completely useless, > you have to use something else to break in. > In both cases you can still stand in front of the door and not let people > in or out. Or simply walk in if somebody leaves the door open. > With Unix/Linux, once you're in you find other doors locked in various > ways depending on importance. > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, 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. > > -- > ---<GRiP>--- > Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, > Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, > BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses > to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! > Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
