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From: tobias at weisserth.de (Tobias Weisserth) Subject: Anti-MS drivel Hi Greg, Am Di, den 20.01.2004 schrieb Gregh um 21:48: ... > In the same way as that, your computer today, may be as secure as anyone can > make it, on the web and then tomorrow, someone finds another way in. Hell, > MS may be the most attacked OS in the world for sure (it is the most used > one so no surprise, there) but every other OS has had weaknesses that can be > exploited. Is it really so hard to agree that there is a difference between an OS that ships with all services disabled in comparison to an OS with many services enabled by default? If you're not able to see this and agree to this you'll always be trapped inside the prison of you mind on this. Besides, sheer market share doesn't account for the quantity of exploits. Microsofts IIS always manages to attract more negative attention than the Apache webserver although Apache rules the market with more than 60%. Of course, products that are so different in design and distribution philosophies can only be compared with very limited consequences. But reducing the number of viruses, exploits and attacks on Windows systems to the simple fact that they rule the market is plain stupid. cheers, Tobias
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