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Canuck57 wrote:

> "Not Me" <cargod01@bresnan.net> wrote in message

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>

>>"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message

>>news:9Q0Yj.147955$rd2.30658@pd7urf3no...

>>

>>>"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

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    Frank wrote:

    > Canuck57 wrote:

    >

    >> "Not Me" <cargod01@bresnan.net> wrote in message

    >> news:u2V937kuIHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    >>

    >>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message

    >>> news:9Q0Yj.147955$rd2.30658@pd7urf3no...

    >>>

    >>>> "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

    That is not a nice thing to say about your daughter

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