Re: Security through wide system use?
From: Lassi Hippeläinen (lahippel_at_ieee.orgasm-research.invalid)
Date: 12/23/03
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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:41:21 GMT
Andrew McCall wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> This isn't intended to be a troll, and I am not trying to start a
> flame... but...
>
> I received an email today from my manager pointing me to an article on
> news.com.com[1] that states Windows gets hacked more because its
> popular, and Linux isn't as popular so it doesn't get targeted as
> much. <...>
You could mention to your boss that Linux has inherited much from
previous Unix work. And even though everybody has forgotten in by now,
first malware appeared in Unix environment in the seventies. Unix had a
ten year history of acid tests before Windows was even born...
-- Lassi
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