Canuck57 wrote:

> "Not Me" <cargod01@bresnan.net> wrote in message
> news:u2V937kuIHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
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>>"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
>>news:9Q0Yj.147955$rd2.30658@pd7urf3no...
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>>>"Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:g0pv3o$ts5$5@aioe.org...
>>>
>>>>dennis@home wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:sO_Xj.149138$Cj7.94542@pd7urf2no...
>>>>>
>>>>>>"dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:6C25082F-D4E4-42E7-ACE3-17F5A2572A83@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:g0pb4g$dpe$3@aioe.org...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>dennis@home wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:N8OXj.276233$pM4.242810@pd7urf1no. ..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The more I see your answers to other people, the less I think
>>>>>>>>>>>that you know about computers..
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Listen, he is in Spain. EU. They have to pay for the Microsoft
>>>>>>>>>>anti-trust conviction that the US didn't enforce. Predatory
>>>>>>>>>>pricing and the like.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So M$ are guilty of having inflated prices and predatory pricing at
>>>>>>>>>the same time?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Nice adoption ground for Linux I bet. I wonder if I should take a
>>>>>>>>>>Spanish course, always liked the people.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Good for Linux maybe, not so good for Ubuntu anymore.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Really? How so?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>People can use a different linux distro and not have a two year
>>>>>>>security hole.. opps no your right the hole buggers up more than
>>>>>>>Ubuntu if you move keys about.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think that is the point. Linux isn't WeSaySo corp. Want to run a
>>>>>>different distro, perhaps one that supports your language better, by
>>>>>>all means do so. No one is forcing, cohersing or bundling Linux.
>>>>>>When Linux gains a user, it does so out of free will and choice.
>>>>>
>>>>>But in most cases misinformation by people like alias with stupid
>>>>>claims about security.
>>>>
>>>>Compared to Windows, Ubuntu is still bulletproof. You found one little
>>>>vulnerability and you jumped all over it. Maybe you'll have the same joy
>>>>in another two years. It's been patched. Live with it.
>>>>
>>>>Alias
>>>
>>>Alias,
>>>
>>>Don't worry, we both know he is wrong. At a Vancouver hack fest Apple
>>>and Vista fell, Ubuntu survived. All OSes and applications have holes,
>>>just some like MS products have more than most others.
>>>
>>>The best track record I know of is OpenBSD.
>>
>>Linux doesn't get attacked as much because it isn't as pervasive as
>>Windows.
>>The same for OS-X, with such a small percentage of the market share, it
>>isn't as profitable to hack.
>>I'm no fan of Vista, but it does get more hack attempts just because it is
>>so pervasive.
>
>
> Ponder this thought.
>
> On the server side they are more equal. Lots of Linux/Apache. Lots of
> Win/IIS.
>
> Why does Win/IIS gets hacked at least 5 times more often?
>
>
>
Pulling numbers out of your fat lying linux ass again?
Figures!
Frank