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In article <pan.2004.02.15.13.47.13.50737@dontspamme.invalid>, 
techie <none@dontspamme.invalid> wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:43:29 +0000, Phred wrote:
>
>> In article <pan.2004.02.15.02.37.20.58430@dontspamme.invalid>, techie
> <none@dontspamme.invalid> wrote:
>>>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:15:49 +1000, W wrote:
>>>
>>>> "techie" <none@dontspamme.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:pan.2004.02.15.01.50.20.784223@dontspamme.invalid...
>>>>> Windows hasn't gotten as much scrutiny during its entire 15-years lifespan
>>>>> as the Linux kernel goes through every week.
>>>> 
>>>> A windows product tester - it is always good to see one from time to time.
>>>>
>>>>> > And to imply that MS software developers are less capable than
>>>>> > those who participated in Linux development is just dogma and cliche.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are these never-ending email worms costing businesses tens of billions of
>>>>> dollars a year also just dogma and cliche?
>>>> 
>>>> What about those that affect Linux, you do not hear so much about them but
>>>> they exist.
>>>
>>>The only Linux email worm I've heard of was about 7 years ago. I don't recall
>>>the name but it was in a third-party program and affected only email servers,
>>>not individual email clients. Linux email clients don't execute attacments, and
>>>our filesystems determine filetype by examining the file rather than trusting
>>>on the extension, so I find it doubtful that there are *any* email worms for
>>>Linux. But if there is then our second line of defense comes into play: many
>>>different distributions and many different email clients. Lack of a
>>>monoculture makes it impossible for an email worm to spread very far.
>> 
>> Which, of course, destroys one of the biggest advantages of a 
>> monolithic proprietary system -- it works the same way for all users.
>
>You mean, like when there's only one make and model of car, and it only comes
>in one color?

There'd even be some advantage in that, if it meant we all knew how to 
drive it and all knew the rules. ;-)

But, like that car, Microsoft has moved the PC world (well about 90% 
of it anyway) though a series of models from MSDOS 2.1 to Windows XP.


Cheers, Phred.

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