full-disclosure - Re: Windows' future (reprise)

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Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 07:32:42 -1000
From: Peter Besenbruch <prb@...a.net>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Windows' future (reprise)

On Sat, 15 May 2010 14:40:29 +0000
"Thor (Hammer of God)" <Thor@...merofgod.com> wrote:

> And for the record, these claims of 'inherent insecurity' in Windows
> are simply ignorant.  If you are still running Windows 95 that's your
> problem.  Do a little research before post assertions based on 10 or
> 20 year old issues.

To be fair to the original poster, there are activities that I wouldn't
want to do on a Windows machine, and if you read Brian Krebs' blog, the
same goes double for small businesses: Online banking comes to mind.

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