Microsoft, Monocultures, Security FUD & Other Fun

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 16, 2004 @01:46AM from the starting-the-morning-with-coffee-and-flame dept.

techiemac writes "Dan Geer, who has been mentioned on Slashdot before due to his warnings about Microsoft's "monoculture" has just been written up by AP for his warnings about the widespread use of Microsoft products and the serious security flaws that are being discovered. This story is quickly becomming big news (Yahoo is currently carrying it on their front page). For those who don't know, Dan Greer was fired from @Stake Inc for his criticism of Microsoft (they are a big client of @Stake Inc). " Somewhat related, there has been interesting reaction pieces on ORA and OSDN to a recent, some say ill-informed article run on DevX.

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Re:They still don't get it by wud · 2004-02-16 02:32 · Score: 0, Flamebait

A stupid windows user will be an even more stupid linux user. Sorry to tell y'all this. Them the breaks.

I think mac should make a cheap computer, with an ad campaign that asks "Were you stupid enough to get an email virus?"

I suggest linux desktops be setup ahead of time by big companies (hp,dell,etc.) and don't give the user the admin password unless they pass a basic knowledge quiz. Most users just need Konqueror, Gaim, and Open Office.

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Re:Another older monoculture by Sprite+Remix · 2004-02-16 02:49 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Dumbass, it WAS called 'Unix'.
Funny, parent post was a troll trolling a troll, and of course somebody had to backlash. Oops! there goes my karma!