heres my 2cents If you know what your doing, it is possible to secure a windows machine. It depends on the user, i keep my windows machine upto date, plus ive got a firewall running on it just incase. I havent had a virus or been compromised (not that i know of) since i bought my laptop.
Dont get me wrong linux is good if your the tinkering type (I use linux/netbsd at work), but use win2k at home. The reason why? the easy of use, installing hardware is a piece of cake. plus use it to play games as a stress relief. I remember talking to my friend (who is a linux zealot) about the new sound card he just purchased. It took him freaking 3-5 days of tinkering to get it to work as there werent any linux drivers out for it at the time. I can think of 101 better things to do than waste time installing a new hardware. PS. Preach on Peter! :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 22 September 2003 15:34 > To: PHP-General > Subject: Re: [PHP] non-php issue > > > Not saying that there aren't lots of reasons to like and run > Unix. I run > FreeBSD as my webserver, for instance, because I think its > the right OS for > the job. I run WinXP on my desktop, though, because it has > the applications > I want to use, is familiar and comfortable to me, and I have > the hardware to > make it an enjoyable experience. I run the dreaded Outlook > Express, and I > (usually) love the integration present in Windows. Sure, > that integration > makes it easier to do stoopid things, but remember it's > people that kill > people, not guns. > > Because I use FreeBSD, I know a lot of BSD gurus--you know > the type: long > hair, longer beard, eyes that look like pissholes in the > snow. You should > hear what these guys have to say about Linux. It's just a > big daisy-chain > of supposed superiority. > > I'm not trying to stand on a soap box and defend Windows... I > just think > that mocking others for using what they like/know/have is not > a good idea, > whether it's Windows, Linux, BSD, whatever. And in this case, mocking > someone who has AIDS is probably not as useful as helping him > to prevent > spreading it, which is sorta what he was asking (IINM). > Though this is > probably not the venue for his question... > > Cheers, > Pete. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Raditha Dissanayake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Peter James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP-General" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:08 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] non-php issue > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 01:09, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: > > > relax guys, > > > > > > I have been dying to say "You can fix all of your problems by > > > formatting your computer and installing a linux > distribution." On this > > > list for ages :-) > > > > > > but the fact remains that an out of the box installation > of any of the > > > linux distros are far more secure than anything putout by > that redmond > > > company. > > > > All security advantages aside, I prefer linux because everytime I > > install a new program or service I don't need to reboot :) > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > -- > > .------------------------------------------------------------. > > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > > :------------------------------------------------------------: > > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | > > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | > > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > ************************************************************************************* This e-mail, including any attachments to it, may contain confidential and/or personal information. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not copy, distribute, or disclose it, use or take any action based on the information contained within it. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail of the error and then delete the original e-mail. The information contained within this e-mail may be solely the opinion of the sender and may not necessarily reflect the position, beliefs or opinions of Salmat on any issue. This email has been swept for the presence of computer viruses known to Salmat's anti-virus systems. For more information, visit our website at www.salmat.com.au. ************************************************************************************* -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
