aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom sloan wrote wolfgang woehl wrote aaron kulkis sloan wrote philippe landau wrote almost never click tinyurl dont know hides im linux user click anything feel like without fear viruses spyware security insignificance id consider getting rid habit whenever judged interested parties linux desktops ranged significant amounts specific box gets judged significant always seems man street assumes microsoft suffers chronic security woes overwhelming popularity ms windows doesnt consider script kiddies taking low hanging fruit easy target actuality ms windows products suffer chronic security problems ms deliberately places backdoors products ever notice sometimes takes months windows security problem first reported problem finally admitted right releasing patch thats sometimes takes long close backdoor crackers discovered also create new backdoor continue monitoring spying upon customer base ive using unix long scared viruses coming afraid crowd sure possible exploit cartain scenarios linux unixlike systems nature design straightforward simple infecting peecee operating system yep see unix linux written idea multiple users logged time creative infallible programmers system must resiliant enough prevent users faulty code crashing destroying whole system basis nix security model windows written idea everybody perfect nothing bad unexpected happens ever windows doesnt really security model prudence reasonable security measures appropriate linux users blind paranoia joe tue 05 aug 2008 163927 0500 opensuse opensuse 11