From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 17:06:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2672C16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:06:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web50802.mail.yahoo.com (web50802.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C29543D1D for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:06:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dereckhaskins@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 46639 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Jan 2005 17:06:30 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=Q8zVilPg31dMQVnF90Jii+B64M/lTH/ejX9yh71vDzLMdMoPD2Uol+qlXEp1/qwqkj925Dh4xc46CNoPAHB+AMxFnHsu34h7c7Lc5zylROvVYSRaGu/MreGQrXBiqc24wudus8h8bMeMrJodoNEsLZMmpBWr/rV98w3y1cNFmUA= ; Message-ID: <20050128170630.46637.qmail@web50802.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.65.216.138] by web50802.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:06:30 PST Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:06:30 -0800 (PST) From: dereck To: Xian , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200501281603.18198.ian@codepad.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Is windows a virus X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:06:32 -0000 I know that this is meant to be humorous, and I like this type of humor. So - this made me smile and I thank you. But you should be aware that historically many computer professionals considered *NIX to be a virus. In terms of OS history *NIX has big problems, and its history is very checkered. I use it, because it is the most complete and widely available OS. But I find it hardly "good," either theoretically or practically. I have a love/hate relationship with it, because the constant re-implementation of *NIX takes a lot of human years away from what should be a _re-evaluation_ of the whole *NIX project. (Yes, beginning with the use of C and its variants as the base language.) The spread of *NIX and its many copycats is definitely NOT a win-win for the computing industry as a whole. There is even a downloadable book on the early years of *NIX, which tells the whole sordid story (in user emails) of why *NIX has historically sucked. I love BSD and I hate it. It is the "best" of what is available. Would that we could do better! Enjoy the link below! Note that almost none of the fundamental problems are fixable - they are products of the original design. And Dennis Ritchie's introduction is worth the price of the original! The man can turn a phrase. http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf Dereck BTW: I still lean toward Windows as virus :-). It's definition of how user interface _should_ look is a scab on the industry. BAH! --- Xian wrote: > Is Windows a Virus? > > No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do: > > 1.They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that. > > 2.Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing > down the system as they > do so - okay, Windows does that. > > 3.Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard > disk - okay, Windows does > that too. > > 4.Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, > along with valuable > programs and systems. - Sigh.. Windows does that, > too. > > 5.Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect > their system is too slow > (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. - Yup, > Windows does that, too. > > Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are > fundamental differences: > Viruses are well supported by their authors, are > running on most systems, > their program code is fast, compact and efficient > and they tend to become > more sophisticated as they mature. > > So Windows is not a virus. > > It's a bug. > > On top of that Windows cost money while viruses are > free. > > -- > /Xian > > "The important thing is not to stop questioning. > Curiosity has its own reason > for existing." > Albert Einstein > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >