2010/2/27 Hagar de l'Est <hagar_de_l...@openoffice.org> > I've never said that GNU/Linux is bug-free. > > Le 27/02/2010 17:30, Dotan Cohen a écrit : > > >> For the crappy OS, I rather agree too! Windows is sold in many shops, >>> it's >>> not really bug free and it can lead to additional costs (anti-virus, >>> firewall, anti-spywares, ...). The underlying message was in fact: check >>> other OSes like GNU/Linux (they don't need all these security >>> applications). >>> But it depends on your use of your computer perhaps. >>> >>> >> Linux is bug-free? Hahaha! >> >> To the OP: it is not uncommon for anti-[virus/malware/etc] programs to >> flag FOSS software as FOSS software devs generally don't "register" >> their "products" with these companies. That does not mean that all >> FOSS software is 100% safe, but anti-* programs' warnings are in no >> way indicative of problems. >> > I agree (with apologies to Eric Arthur Blair) that 1) all OS have problems, but that 2) some have more problems than others. But calling the OS that a poster is using «crappy» probably does little to help him or her resolve a concrete problem - and is in this case, particularly egregious, as the OP pointed out that he also used an alternative. Let us concentrate on helping each other - that should provide adequate room for our creativity !...
Henri
