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Article #523Re: {OT} Windows source code leaked to the internet
From: techie
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:38
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:38
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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.
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From: techie <none@dontspamme.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,aus.computers
Subject: Re: {OT} Windows source code leaked to the internet
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:38:23 -0600
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