>On the contrary, I think they are quite clear, especially as the >statistics are not from MacWorld but from mi2g.
actually, MacWorld is citing mi2g, and we are assuming the statistics are accurately cited. anyway, i agree, i think we can assume they are being fair. oh, and tech reporters are still notoriously inaccurate. >It is not a lame excuse for Linux... yes it is. you can't blame linux security breaches on careless windows admins. if you do, then i guess you can also blame windows security breaches on careless unix admins? sorry. >yes, successful attacks of linux are on the rise but Linux by design is >not more vulnerable than Windows... i don't think anyone is suggesting that linux by design is more vulnerable than windows. it just seems to be successfully breached more often. >Many more Windows systems were compromised because of inherent design flaws in >Windows itself, as stated by Michael Torrie and seconded by most any >other computer scientist and security researcher who is able to look >objectively or somewhat objectively at the situation. sorry, but this gets a big 'ol LOL from me. i submit that windows fundamentally has a very excellent design, and the security design is also very good. though many of it's apps have security problems. you're going to have to show me a stack of papers from "objective" computer scientists elaborating on the fundamental design flaws in windows. vms and mach are admirable models, and david cutler is an extraordinary engineer. >Now, as for techno-agnostic...I see several possiblities for what that means: >1) You do not believe that we can prove technology exists >2) You believe that technology exists, but it does not care about you >individually >3) You doubt the truth of all technology let me help you out: 1) I don't believe we can prove one technology is "right"/"good" and another is "wrong"/"bad" 2) I believe that technology exists, but I don't care about it emotionally 3) I think all technology mostly sucks, but some technology sucks less than others you can also say i'm technology neutral, but since many people attach a religious zeal to technology, i find the term techno-agnostic suits the methaphor, wouldn't you say? Josh Coates http://www.jcoates.org ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
