The best solution to the Microsoft Problem

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Bill, 1/3/2006, 7:02:23 PM,
Switch to Linux. That's what I intend to do. Enough of this shit.

Bill
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Good idea. That way when more people switch to Linux there will
actually be a target worth the effort for virus writers to attack.
 
Bill said:
Switch to Linux. That's what I intend to do. Enough of this shit.

Bill
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Linux is an even bigger piece of shit than Windows. If you had said
FreeBSD or, best of all, OpenBSD, you might have had a point. Anytime
someone starts the Linux chant in anything other than a Linux group it's a
sure sign they're chanting so much they've become brain dead. Had the Linux
fans put 1/10 the effort behing FreeBSD as they have into their current
religious piece of shit Linux, BSD would be a very viable alternative to
Windows, would have forced MS to get off the pot, and all in all would have
improved things for every computer user. As it stands now, Linux is just a
playground for zealots and a half-assed attempt at an OS that trys to snatch
developer rights even more than MS ever has.

Have a nice day
 
Linux is an even bigger piece of shit than Windows. If you had said
FreeBSD or, best of all, OpenBSD, you might have had a point.
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Interesting point. I know some traditional Unixes (HP-UX and Solaris
mainly) from personal experience developping software for them and
also Linux, but never got to know FreeBSD or OpenBSD. To me the three
(Linux and FreeBSD/ OpenBSD) seemed to be virtually the same.

Could you therefore be so kind and list the differences among them
(especially the difrerence beteen Linux and the other two) that
motivated you to make above statement?

Markus
 
Markus Zingg said:
Interesting point. I know some traditional Unixes (HP-UX and Solaris
mainly) from personal experience developping software for them and
also Linux, but never got to know FreeBSD or OpenBSD. To me the three
(Linux and FreeBSD/ OpenBSD) seemed to be virtually the same.

Could you therefore be so kind and list the differences among them
(especially the difrerence beteen Linux and the other two) that
motivated you to make above statement?

Markus
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Start here :

http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html

and if you're honestly interested in the differences rather than a debate
I'm sure you can find much, much, more.

Regards
 
Markus Zingg said:
Interesting point. I know some traditional Unixes (HP-UX and Solaris
mainly) from personal experience developping software for them and
also Linux, but never got to know FreeBSD or OpenBSD. To me the three
(Linux and FreeBSD/ OpenBSD) seemed to be virtually the same.

Could you therefore be so kind and list the differences among them
(especially the difrerence beteen Linux and the other two) that
motivated you to make above statement?
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OpenBSD's commitment to security is rather unparallelled. Read more
here
http://openbsd.org/security.html
 
Linux is an even bigger piece of shit than Windows. If you had said
FreeBSD or, best of all, OpenBSD, you might have had a point. Anytime
someone starts the Linux chant in anything other than a Linux group it's a
sure sign they're chanting so much they've become brain dead. Had the Linux
fans put 1/10 the effort behing FreeBSD as they have into their current
religious piece of shit Linux, BSD would be a very viable alternative to
Windows, would have forced MS to get off the pot, and all in all would have
improved things for every computer user. As it stands now, Linux is just a
playground for zealots and a half-assed attempt at an OS that trys to snatch
developer rights even more than MS ever has.
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An outstanding 'brief' objective comparison.
 
Bill, 1/3/2006, 7:02:23 PM,


Good idea. That way when more people switch to Linux there will
actually be a target worth the effort for virus writers to attack.
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Very slightly more realistic is to hope enough folks and especially
corporations switch to Macs so as to give Apple a large enough market
share worth the Evil Doers' time and effort ;-).

--
Luke
______________________________________________________________________
"Warrants? We ain't got no warrants. We don't need no warrants. I
don't have to show you any stinkin' warrants."
-- George W. Bush, December 18, 2005
 
Ian Kenefick said:
An outstanding 'brief' objective comparison.
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Ian you are one of the good guys of this group and your efforts to help
people here have not gone unnoticed by me. However, IMO mindlessly "me
too-ing" the above is as pathetic as the OP. By rights you should Plonk
yourself. :-)
 
..and that would work for the IT mngrs responsible for hundreds of
machines in an office setting with users only familiar with Office
applications like the rest of the world??????
 
Tom said:
.and that would work for the IT mngrs responsible for hundreds of
machines in an office setting with users only familiar with Office
applications like the rest of the world??????
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The difference to the user between Win98SE and Win2K is about the same
as the difference between Win98SE and Linux.

When is your next "upgrade"?
 
Ian said:
On 04 Jan 2006 12:42:14 GMT, "badgolferman"

It's a crap idea. This is the type of mindless bull shit that we add
kill filters to.

Plonk to the OP :)
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actually there's quite a positive side to that suggestion... the fact
that every version of windows since 3.0 has this vulnerability fairly
clearly underscores the point that people were making in the past about
the dangers of a technological monoculture...

getting a few more people away from the dominant platform is good for
everyone..
 
and if you're honestly interested in the differences rather than a debate
I'm sure you can find much, much, more.
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Thank you very much for the link. I was not aware of these differnces.
No, debates are not my thing, I'm really just intersted. Reading the
comparison rises the following questions:

a) What are the differences between freeBSD and OpenBSD then?

b) those projects (to me) look quite similar - so why are there two of
them and not one with joined forces?

c) I'm not after a debate, but if the two are superior to Linux - why
is it that Linux is so much more popular? I mean neither Linux nor I
think the other two have marketing budgets behind them, so what went
wrong?

d) I know that Linux (uC Linux) is available for embedded hardware.
Does something similar exist for one of the two?

TIA

Markus
 
Markus said:
b) those projects (to me) look quite similar - so why are there two of
them and not one with joined forces?
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FreeBSD is run by a committee and OpenBSD is run by an autocrat.
c) I'm not after a debate, but if the two are superior to Linux - why
is it that Linux is so much more popular?
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Learning curve, and the culture behind the various OS's.

Theo is laid back and guides the chaos with a light hand, drawing more
programers and users. The BSD's are tighter clubs.
 
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