XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.windows7.general, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: zeke@nosuchmail.com   
      
   "Alias"  wrote in message   
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   > On 02/26/2011 05:02 PM, Ezekiel wrote:   
   >> "Alias"  wrote in message   
   >> news:4d692200$2@news.x-privat.org...   
   >>> On 02/26/2011 03:43 PM, Ezekiel wrote:   
   >>>> "Alias"   wrote in message   
   >>>> news:4d690350$2@news.x-privat.org...   
   >>>>> On 02/26/2011 02:05 PM, Redjak wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    I repair computers and I can tell you Windows -- by far --   
   >>>>>    gets more malware than any other OS.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In other news automobiles -- by far -- get in more accidents than any   
   >>>> other   
   >>>> vehicle.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Straw man and an incorrect one at that.   
   >>   
   >> So you don't think that having the largest target area (by far the most   
   >> users) has any influence as to what OS gets targeted the most frequently?   
   >   
   > That's the FUD that MS would like you to believe. It's not true and   
   > neither is your analogy about a car. Motorcycles. percentage-wise, get in   
   > more accidents.   
      
   That's the point. Until now you never said anything about percentage-wise.   
      
      
    I repair computers and I can tell you Windows -- by far -- gets more   
   malware than any other OS.   
      
      
      
      
   >> Since there are few to none Amiga exploits out in the wild today do you   
   >> attribute this to the "amazing security of the Amiga" or the possibility   
   >> that there aren't enough users to bother trying to exploit it?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Continuing the lame FUD doesn't make it any more true. Linux architecture   
   > is different from Windows. If you really want to know,   
      
   I do know. Given the choice between the two Linux security is better than   
   Windows security for an OS that's put into the hands of desktop users.   
   Windows makes it far too easy for users to make mistakes or get themselves   
   in trouble.   
      
   For servers (where there's a knowledgable IT dept) the difference is   
   negligible. The overwhelming number of security issues are with the   
   applications and not the OS.   
      
   Finally Linux, OSX, etc share several of the same security issues as   
   Windows. When there's a vulnerability in something like Firefox or Flash   
   then in many cases (but not all), the bug exists on all OS's that use the   
   same code.   
      
      
   > which I doubt, research that instead of parroting the FUD you've heard on   
   > line.   
      
   Keep right on doubting. Just to skew your results some... what's the ratio   
   of Linux computers vs. Windows computers that people bring in for repair? It   
   would be very reasonable to assume that someone who installed and runs Linux   
   is much more likely to repair their own computer than your a average Windows   
   computer owner.   
      
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