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

In <d3n0ro$oo0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/14/05
at 05:14 PM, "Fritz Schlunder" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:


><learning@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>Root kits and other hacking tools exist for non MS based products as
>well.

I never said they were not. I see now that it is pointless to continue
until what I write is actually read.

> Linux is clearly not fully
>immune. It may (or may not be) more or less vunlnerable than MS
>products.

It is. I never said it was immune. Never.

>Linux is not typically the target of hackers, most likely
>because it hasn't become socially acceptable and cool to make malicious
>Linux products.

And because it is too damned difficult to get around it, but that fact
makes no difference, does it?


>Because these products were designed to exploit Outlook and not other
>products. A virus that nature designed to infect certain species of
>reptiles typically will not infect humans. That isn't to say that
>viruses designed to effect humans can't/don't exist.

A new paragraph straight out of the I Luv M$ handbook.....

>> Using Mozilla will basically eliminate spyware. Those apps take advantage
>> of flaws and weaknesses inherent only in Microsoft products.

>True, but that isn't proof that Mozilla doesn't have its own inherent
>flaws and weaknesses that could be exploited. Whoever is top dawg is
>most likely to be targetted.

Keep ignoring the conversation and the points being made. I am sure you
will be getting a big check from M$ for this thread.....

There is a very big difference between writing software, and having
someone find a flaw, and fixing it, compared to writing it, knowing it is
flawed, and just not caring to deal with the problem because the customer
has no options. Until people see that, I guess there is not much point in
all of this.

JB





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