Re: Windows vulnerability vs Linux vulnerability [Re: Would a firewall prevent Sasser worm?]

From: Bernd Felsche (bernie_at_innovative.iinet.net.au)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 21:30:39 +0800

Leythos <void@nowhere.com> writes:

>In article <c7f3h1$mf01@cliff.xsj.xilinx.com>, "Jörn W. Janneck"
><jwjanneck at yahoo dot com> says...
>> so you think shifting the topic should be a privilege reserved to
>> windows advocates? a redmond-patent, perhaps? ;-) or have we
>> already figured out why that mother-in-law suddenly needs
>> quickbooks so badly when just a moment ago installing os+office
>> was the standard for happiness?

>As I said in a previous post, it's not about shifting, it's about ease
>of install - in order for her to get the BETA copy of Mandrake 10 she

You don't have to download Linux. You don't have to get a beta
version of any distro; not even Windows.

>would have to find an FTP site (hard to do if your computer isn't
>running), download it, burn the ISO to CD, and run from there.

>With a common OS, such as Red Hat or Windows, she can purchase it
>just about anywhere. Problem is that she's not going to be able to
>secure install RH unless she's behind a router any more than
>Windows. On top of the security issue, she only knows one person
>that knows Linux, and she has friends, family, co-workers that have
>Windows systems and MS Office - kind of makes sense to stick with
>something that works for so many and has such a large support base
>- at least for someone like her.

This must be a new definition of "support base" of which I was
previously unaware.

If commiseration can be considered support, then I suppose it's
valid.

>Cost is not really an issue - by the time you look at the cost of
>finding, burning, installing, learning a new OS, learning Open Office,
>you've paid for the cost of Windows and MS Office.

Very, very wrong. Every new release of Windows/Office has an
equivalent learning curve.

I see it every day at several customer sites. e.g. Win98 users won't
use a Win2k machine because it's too different to their accustomed
environment. 

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