Re: XP has no significant bugs that any significant number of users want fixed

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:53:03 -0600, learning@xxxxxxxxxxxx <learning@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In <KOedneLLgbjmf8PfRVn-vQ@xxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/14/05
> at 05:36 PM, "Charles Schuler" <charleschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: >Bill
>Gates is just a human being. His big mistake was in becoming too
>>successful. America (don't know about other cultures) applauds a little
>>success but boos too much of it.

>It was the illegal and unethical methods he used to become successful that
>seem to strike the nerve in a lot of people. I don't begrudge people
>success, but he broke the law in a major way, and by the time anyone moved
>to stop him, the damage was done.

>Kudos for being a smart criminal, but not for being a good man with a
>quality product.


>>And when Linux becomes as popular, the virus writers will go after that
>>OS and bring it to it's knees. Damned unfortunate that some folks can't
>>understand that the biggest kid is the target.

>No. Linux cannot be "taken over" by a virus and used to propagate itself
>across a network. It can be infected, but it will not give control to a
>virus. Damn shame some folks just dont' understand that without the
>ability to move the virus across the network, its pretty much dead in the
>water.

More than that, microsoft users nearly universally run as administrators.
No sane linux users does all work as root. When running as
root/administrator, all security checks are disabled and something
as mondane as the browser can destroy the system.

This is 60's technology; someday windows users will discover it.
.

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