From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 20:34:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E17B16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:34:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F7943D1F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:34:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 982051C000A6 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:34:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7A2451C000A0 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:34:35 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212203435500.7A2451C000A0@mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:34:34 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <683275842.20050212213434@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <420E2CA6.3010003@incubus.de> References: <420E148D.1070306@incubus.de> <311372449.20050212160755@wanadoo.fr> <420E2CA6.3010003@incubus.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:34:37 -0000 Matthias Buelow writes: > Well, if you just run a set of 1-3 applications, and don't do anything > else with the computer, there shouldn't be much of a difference. True, if those applications run identically on both platforms. > Apart from making a political statement, the advantage is > of course being independent from the Microsoft update cycle. The disadvantage is that you need orders of magnitude more technical expertise in-house to support the OS. A serious problem will arise if the city wants to install a new application and it runs only on Windows. > Another point, as far as I got it, was security, i.e., higher > resilience towards worms and viruses. Except that this isn't the case. Most of the stuff I see on bugtraq these days references versions of UNIX, particularly Linux. UNIX has traditionally been a less tempting target, but it is not a less vulnerable target. -- Anthony