Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:34:34 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <683275842.20050212213434@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <420E2CA6.3010003@incubus.de> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0502112100490.32296-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <420E148D.1070306@incubus.de> <311372449.20050212160755@wanadoo.fr> <420E2CA6.3010003@incubus.de>
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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
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