Re: sick of Linux bias

From: \ (dvader_at_deathstar.mil)
Date: 01/06/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:07:09 -0500

Gee, I love a good food fight!

I don't know Linux well enough to criticize it, or probably secure it. On the
other hand, I have been running Windows on the internet for ten years without a
single infection, invasion, exploit, or even a mild head cold because I do know
the system well enough to secure it. So for me, Windows is a more secure system.

All the banter about which system is more secure or more vulnerable is just
noise. Windows is just a bigger target filled with largely uninformed users. If
Linux ever makes the transition from lunatic fringe to mainstream, exploits will
breed like rabbits. The Linux evangelists are cutting their own throats. 

-- 
Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction
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