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   Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   dorpus, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 3:22am

   
   

   And when hackers spread linux viruses or hack into the system and do extensive damage, microsoft can charge super rates to convert the organization to windows.
   

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   Wow!

   

   Michael Moncur, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 3:25am

   
   

   Finally, my collection of 20 stuffed penguins serves a valid purpose in the office!

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   VonSkippy, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 9:23am

   
   

   That has to be the most stupidest comment I've read in a long time. No really - the stupidest.
   
   Crawl back to your cave you MS flunky.

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 10:33am

   
   

   dorpus () on Tuesday, February 17th, 2004 @ 03:22AM
   And when hackers spread linux viruses or hack into the system and do extensive damage, microsoft can charge super rates to convert the organization to windows.
   
   Its a good thing that you can avoid what Dorpus prattles on about by choosing FreeBSD. Or you could read the other comments by Dorpus and decide that she makes one to two sentance posts where she makes a claim that she never bothers to back up with actual facts when challenged.

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   dorpus, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 10:37am

   
   

   Why, think it's impossible that there could be linux viruses, or that hackers could be such bad people that they would attack a linux system?
   

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 11:03am

   
   

   ...and I wish she would learn to stop mixing up her p's and k's -- Dorkus, it is time you learned to type!

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   eeyore, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 11:48am

   
   

   Considering that virtually all computer viruses are targeted at Windows based systems and the seemingly limitless number of "vulnerabilities" in Windows that have to be patched ad infinitum, why would you think Windows is a superior platform?

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 17th, 2004 @ 12:45pm

   
   

   "Considering that virtually all computer viruses are targeted at Windows based systems"
   
   What makes you think it will always be that way? Perhaps you're too young to remember when viruses were written predominantly in Unix.
   
   "and the seemingly limitless number of "vulnerabilities" in Windows that have to be patched ad infinitum,"
   
   like the infinite numbers of security patches that unix vendors have also produced? Linux doesn't have any, because, well, nobody is responsible for linux's security. It's just freeware.
   
   "why would you think Windows is a superior platform?"
   
   Because the vendor is held responsible. If there are no security patches to download for linux, and nobody knows how to patch it, do you think an organization will keep linux?
   
   

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   Re: Microsoft's Last Laugh

   

   Anonymous Poltroon, Aug 8th, 2004 @ 7:45am

   
   

   Wrong. Everybody, not nobody, is responsible for Linux's security. Linus and company at OSDL are leading kernel development at a breakneck pace.
   
   

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