On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:24:14 -0700, Peter Duniho wrote:
"One's Too Many" wrote in message
om...

[...] with the onslaught of yet another Windows virus/worm/trojan after
another, after another, after another, after another... ad nauseum, I
don't blame them one bit. Seems that just merely placing a Windows box
on the public Internet anymore is fast becoming an act of careless
negligence, and even could be considerd aiding cyberterrorism. I'm
presently still a Windows user myself, but this latest triple-shot of
malware hammering the Internet, all facilitated due to Windows, is the
icing on the cake. I guarantee the next computer I purchase will NOT be
a Windows machine.

As long as you remain in the minority, you will be fine. But the only
reason Microsoft's operating systems are such a tempting target for
hackers is its predominance. If you and the other anti-MS bigots actually
get your way, the hackers will instead come after you.

Somehow, I don't think so. There is a constant pressure against Linux
from the Black Hat community, you are simply ignorant of it.
Linux is widespread enough to attract it. However, the prevalence of
worms for one platform or another is a matter of unsafe programming
practices in the name of "friendliness". In this regard I am concerned
about Ximian and their penchant of copying everything from Microsoft,
both good and bad. It may be only a matter of time before a virus
exploiting a bug in Evolution or Mono componentry comes about,
conveniently vindicating views of "Linux is safe only while it's
in minority" crowd.

-- Pete