From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 7 18:39: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2D237B405 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:39:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-209.245.130.204.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.245.130.204] helo=mindspring.com) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16CXOC-0001TE-00; Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:38:56 -0800 Message-ID: <3C117D48.6AA71A1E@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:39:04 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Konstantinos Konstantinidis , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk> <000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr> <005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > Konstantinos writes: > > I don't understand why you are so hostile towards > > unix on the desktop. > > I'm not hostile towards it at all. I just recognize that UNIX is not a > desktop OS, at least not compared to Windows. I'm amazed that so many > people try so hard to prove otherwise. FWIW: I agree with Anthony, here. No UNIX or clone is capable of running any of the more popular virus, worm, DDOS, or other programs. Further, you can't use buffer overflow attacks against popular programs likely to be running on every UNIX system to run arbitrary code to perform industrial espionage, or steal credit card numbers or bank account and routing numbers in order to finance terrorism. UNIX and UNIX clones are not very useful on the desktop, if you are a cracker with a hidden agenda. Down with UNIX! -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message