Re: How To Abandon Microsoft

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/25/05 

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:08:06 +0200

cLIeNUX user writes:

> Windows isn't secure. Linux and a clue can be.

The security of an OS depends a lot on how it's configured. Windows
is intrinsically more secure than Linux or UNIX in design. But either
OS can be secure or insecure depending on configuration.

> cLIeNUX is bulletproof.

Nothing is bulletproof.

> "desktop" implies a net connection.

Since when?

> Windows therefor loses regardless of other factors.

A Net connection doesn't make Windows any less secure.

> There are A LOT more reasons, but the ludicrous DOS insecurity moots
> all that.

Modern versions of Windows have nothing to do with DOS.

> Linux exists to the extent that it does because it's easier to customize
> at a fundamental level than BSD.

No, it exists mostly as the result of hype. I've never seen any
fundamental advantage to Linux over real UNIX and its kin. Linux is a
great example of what marketing can do. But for servers, UNIX is
better, and for desktops, Windows is better.

> Too bad you don't see my spiffy cLIeNUX console font.

I grew out of spiffy console fonts years ago. 

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