[Gllug] Virus on Linux/Mac

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 21 Sep, Tom Weissmann wrote:
> 

> 
> In which case the culture is the only thing that protects Linux from 
> being the compost of spam and malware that Windows is. You don't need to 
> be root to send an email: if users are this witless then no amount of 
> inherent architectural virtue is going to stop them turning their Linux 
> machine into a spam bot.
> 
> So I agree, we have a problem.
> Tom

   I thought that someone was already marketing a missile launcher
controlled and aimed via a USB interface, it just needs to be linked to a
webcam image by some intelligent software.

-- 
Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house.
Chris Bell

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