Re: OT: antivirus software

Yeah, I know it's political. Still, if Windows was a real, elegant program and not a crazy quilt of macros strung together, it would be a whole lot less vulnerable.

On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Kitty wrote:

Only because Windows is so easy to attack

Jim, that may be true, but it has always been my understanding that hackers
like to go after anything Microsoft because they dislike the giant. They
want to bring BG down even if in a small way.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: antivirus software


Only because Windows is so easy to attack and Unix is not, Jim. One day
they will be after us, too.

On Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 08:13 PM, James R. Fisher wrote:

Tchessie wrote: 
You don't need an old OS system installed- just not a microsoft one.
Linux
virtually never gets viruses!
Theresa

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And Macs never do, says a happy owner...
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
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