[SWLUG] Re: Wow, seen this on Slashdot?

[Rhys Sage]

It seems to me that Microsoft does not compare like
with like.

Linux is an excellent Unix clone, well suited to
server applications.

Desktop applications can be used under Linux however
the distributions I have tried have all lacked the
versatility of the Windows or Mac environments.

Securitywise, i'm sure all operating systems have
holes. The fact that both Windows has a very large
userbase means that many more people have access to it
and thus means more hackers have access. The fact also
that more businesses use Windows also means more
hackers are interested in hacking Windows and have a
motivation.

Linux, being free, has a problem in that malicious
code could possibly be secreted within the structure
of a distribution - code that might not be identified
until it's initiated which could happen some years
down the road. Linux also has a wide userbase of
people with no money and loads of spare time. This is
the same type of userbase that creates Windows viruses
- and no link is implied here between Lunix users and
virus writers.

Mac O/S doesn't suffer as much from viruses because
the kids who write viruses can't generally afford
Macs. Mac tends to be seen as more secure because less
people own them and thus less hackers have access to
one to hack.

It would really only be fair of Microsoft in this
instance to compare itself with Apple as really,
Windows is a rip-off of the Mac OS. IIRC, I was using
the Apple Mac 200 and 400 back in 1988 or 1989 and
Windows 1 came out in about 1990.


	
	
		
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