From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 29 21:57:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE5337B417 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:57:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBU5sOR76787; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 06:54:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <001301c190f6$701b81d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Cliff Sarginson" , References: <1DA741CA6767A144BAA4F10012536C27A97C@LKLDDC01.GARGANTUAN.COM> <20011230000519.GB7709@raggedclown.net> Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 06:54:25 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cliff writes: > That does not mean we should accept the spread > of them by carelessness. If you are not careless, you will not be infected by a virus. > I don't have a rabid distaste for Microsoft > products. Your hyperbolic, unwarranted, and prolonged rants against Microsoft say otherwise. In fact, they are so incongruous in context that they lead one to question your ability to be even moderately objective in any domain that Microsoft may have ever touched at any time, and even in domains that Microsoft has never even approached (since you appear to see their wicked hand even where it has never reached). > Anyway that is besides the point. As are your rants against Microsoft. > Viruses are spread because of careless software > practises, ok by the users of software, but also > by the vendors of the software that leave it > wide open to such abuse. No. Viruses are spread by careless users almost exclusively. If you take even a few precautions, you won't be infected by viruses. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message