Re: What is the best affordable protection?
chris_at_nospam.com
Date: 05/22/04
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Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:21:10 GMT
On Fri, 21 May 2004 18:19:35 GMT, Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote:
>On Fri, 21 May 2004 01:40:31 GMT, Alun Jones [MS MVP - Security] <alun@texis.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>> In article <cFarc.3832$be.98@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>, xxxx@yyy.zzz
>> wrote:
>>>Linux. Or you are just a sucker for the snake-oil salespersons that claim they
>>>can make Windoze secure. It's impossible, and history demonstrates that
>>> clearly.
>>
>> You appear to have a bad case of religion.
>>
>
>Huh?
I think he's implying you're a linux zealot.
>> The most secure operating system is the one with the operator who knows what
>> he is doing, and does not do or enable that which he does not need to.
>>
>>>All the big scares that come up over worms and viruses every year. People that
>>>run Linux just ignore them and snicker at the suckers who install the latest
>>>security patch from Windoze...
A good linux user also installs patches....
>> And if we all used Linux instead, all the worms would be targeted there. I
>> can protect my Windows system better than I could protect a Linux system,
>> because I've educated myself about my system. Not because one is 'better'
>> than the other
>
>Crap. Windoze is a bad hack on DOS which was a lame Unix clone.
>
Not quite. Windows 3.x/9x,ME all rode on top of and required DOS.
Starting with Windows NT and up, it's a whole different ball game.
General insults like this just add to the zealot image.
Before you pigeon hole me as a Windows person, I'll state that I use
and maintain multiple OSs such as Sun, HP, Linux, and windows.
-Chris
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