Re: Windows vulnerability vs Linux vulnerability

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

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 21:14:31 +0800

Leythos <void@nowhere.com> writes:

>In article <290rm1xgsj.ln2@innovative.iinet.net.au>,
>bernie@innovative.iinet.net.au says...
>> Leythos <void@nowhere.com> writes:

>> >When I can give my mother-inlaw a CD with Linux and Star Office
>> >and have her install it from scratch in one evening I'll be
>> >happy, till then she's on XP prof with Office 2003 and sitting
>> >behind a Linksys router with Norton AV 2004 running.

>> You must *really* hate your mother-in-law.

>Nope, I actually like her - the thing is that I understand her

You really must; spending the equivalent of a several weeks' average
gross income on her. That's a shirtload of licence fees.

>limitations and what software she wants to run - there is little
>chance that Quick Books will come out for the Linux Platform. She
>has a NAT router, broadband, NAV 2004, and uses IE in HIGH-Security
>mode and Outlook 2003 for email. She's never been compromised and
>shows no signs of having any trouble using the system.

Sorry. You're comparing Linux to NAV vulnerability, not Linux to
Windows.

Why would Linux NEED quick books? There are a number of *free*, open
source accounting packages available, with varying degrees of
complexity and interface styles. 

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