Re: Re: hello

From:	Skip Evans	Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:31:16 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: hello
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Daniel Brown wrote:

    In any case, as Nate R. mentioned, Linux is just as susceptible to
viruses, worms, and other malware. My belief is that it's not so much an attack on an Evil Empire[TM] of software, but that, if BeOS or RISC were the single-most popular operating systems in the world, Windows wouldn't get the misguided attention it gets.

Hey all, From my reading I get the impression that the above statement, "Linux is just as susceptible to viruses, worms, and other malware", is inaccurate. Here are some links to good articles written by far more qualified individuals than myself. http://nnucomputerwhiz.com/linux-virus.html http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus#virus3 Full disclosure: I run Ubuntu Linux for workstations, FreeBSD Unix for servers, and have a Mac running OS X for testing Safari, and use Windows only for testing IE and specific Windows software. I much prefer a well set up *Nix system to Windows any day. Skip