On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 14:08, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 07:17, ScruLoose wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 07:56:07PM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > > > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003:10:02:00:37:35+0100] scribed: [snip] > I am guessing that the fact that most of these viruses etc. appear on > windows is more due to popularity then security. > The fact that it is also easier and thus every script kidy can patch up > a virus of of a couple of scripts found on the internet probably helps > also. > Linux is just not popular enough yet to entice script kidys and macs are > just to damn hard to program for (at list up to os9, don't know where > osX stands).
Ahhhh! I don't care if Linux has 90% desktop share, there's no way that an auto-running (or double-click-needing) email virus is going to aff- ect me, unless the people who write the MUA that I happen to be using at the time *design* the MUA to do such a thing. But that won't happen. Why? Market forces, the way Adam Smith said they should: when users find out about that bit of imbecility, they'll move en masse to a different MUA. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
