XP *and* Vista co-exist in the market?

Frank wrote:
> Canuck57 wrote:
>
>> "Not Me" <cargod01@bresnan.net> wrote in message
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>>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> dennis@home wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>> dennis@home wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:N8OXj.276233$pM4.242810@pd7urf1no...
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The more I see your answers to other people, the less I
>>>>>>>>>>>> think that you know about computers..
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Listen, he is in Spain. EU. They have to pay for the
>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft anti-trust conviction that the US didn't enforce.
>>>>>>>>>>> Predatory pricing and the like.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So M$ 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
That is not a nice thing to say about your daughter