On Sunday 10 September 2006 18:14, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Sunday 10 September 2006 8:28 am, Jack Gates wrote: > > On Sunday 10 September 2006 09:07, James Knott wrote: > > > One is there are many fundamental flaws in Windows that allow a > > > virus to > > > infect a system. Windows was originally created with no concept > > > of security or process protection. Add to that some incredibly > > > stupid decisions, such as embedding the browser in the OS mean > > > that the system is wide open to malware. Incidentally, IE was > > > embedded in the OS, so that MS could claim in court that they > > > couldn't remove IE, without crippling Windows. Further many > > > Windows users run as Admin, simply because a) they don't know > > > better and b) they often have to, to do certain things, such as > > > install apps. Also, some apps require the user to have admin > > > rights. This means that when a virus runs, it has full access > > > to the entire system. > > > > Actually the decisions were incredibly smart because they secured > > their hold on the mass of people who don't know any better and > > don't care. Those same people will just go buy all the other > > software to try to secure the system. Microsoft has a very good > > marketing campaign I just don't agree with their deceptive > > procedures behind it and I don't like their software. I stopped > > using their software 4 years ago and won't go back to it. I like > > Linux too much! Here is my take on the MS stuff > > http://www.jlgates.com > > Well, Jack, I went to your site and all I see are wingdings, and > I'm on Kubuntu running Firefox, what's the deal?
How do you have Firefox configured because you should be able to all of the text in a normal font. My site is a protest to all the sites that can only be accessed properly with MS Windows and IE. Eventually I am going to rewrite the entire site in XHTML with completely letter perfect specifications. IE can't read a page written that way. -- Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
