Given the fact that: a) Unix/Linux is still a diverse, not quite compatible market, and b) You can easily write a virus that attack DOS, Win95, Win98, NT (and Win2K) it is obvious that by writing a virus for b) you cover a larger area, and so gives the writer a bigger 'claim to fame' (at least that's what the little weasels are after).
I think there are a couple of reasons why there are no (or few?) Linux-viruses around:
The graffiti principle I think that a lot of the losers that write viruses just want to see what effect their 'work' has in the world; same reason as the nobrainers that spray their names on every wall they see.
Smaller target No matter how much much you want to see that changed, the Linux/Unix market is smaller than te Wincrap market.
Effort Due to all the differences in the Unix world, even between Linux distributions, it is harder to write a virus for these platforms. By writing virusses these guys already showed to be having no brain; so it's probably a bit more difficult for them to understand Unix.
By now it is a well known fact that pigs can be an intermediate for diseases between animals and humans. Most of the different flu's are coming out of China. New flu variants have their origin in birds, and those birds can infect pigs. The pigs can infect humans. Isn't there an increased risk of infectuous diseases if they use pigs for transplant organs??
It doesn't say that the genome will be made available, only that "... all discoveries from the Human Genome Project will be made available to the global scientific community". That is still something different. Furthermore, public is not the same thing as scientific community.
Everything and anything nowadays is seen in the light of money. In the article it says: "They steal other peoples ideas, and they don't pay for them, and they take no moral responsibility for that" Is there a law that says that every idea should be paid for? I'm getting increasingly worried about society nowadays, it's all about money. A once good thing like the internet has fallen into the hands of commercial suits, sports is more and more something for the sponsors and investors; wherever you look, you'll see the same picture: it's all about money!
You're right; I'm getting sick and tired of the us and them mentality. I think too much effort & energy is wasted on the endless discussions about who is better. By now we all know the UXen are better;), but still leaves a lot to be desired. I think all this energy could by used in a more positive way (in both camps that is!!)
To discourage futility. Computer experts who tackle problems that are simply insoluble need to stop wasting their time.
So now this Harel decides that a problem is insoluble? If a team of researchers try to solve a problem, should they stop because Harel says it can't be done? Who does this guy thinks he is, the All-knowing deus? Isn't it so that the effort to solve a problem can yield other results? Isn't that what science is about?
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Sure, how many of those guys really dit write a new virus, without use of a 'viruslab' or simply copying the work of others?
Given the fact that:
a) Unix/Linux is still a diverse, not quite compatible market, and
b) You can easily write a virus that attack DOS, Win95, Win98, NT (and Win2K)
it is obvious that by writing a virus for b) you cover a larger area, and so gives the writer a bigger 'claim to fame' (at least that's what the little weasels are after).
So diversity is not (always) a bad thing
The graffiti principle
I think that a lot of the losers that write viruses just want to see what effect their 'work' has in the world; same reason as the nobrainers that spray their names on every wall they see.
Smaller target
No matter how much much you want to see that changed, the Linux/Unix market is smaller than te Wincrap market.
Effort
Due to all the differences in the Unix world, even between Linux distributions, it is harder to write a virus for these platforms. By writing virusses these guys already showed to be having no brain; so it's probably a bit more difficult for them to understand Unix.
By now it is a well known fact that pigs can be an intermediate for diseases between animals and humans. Most of the different flu's are coming out of China. New flu variants have their origin in birds, and those birds can infect pigs. The pigs can infect humans. Isn't there an increased risk of infectuous diseases if they use pigs for transplant organs??
It doesn't say that the genome will be made available, only that "... all discoveries from the Human Genome Project will be made available to the global scientific community". That is still something different. Furthermore, public is not the same thing as scientific community.
Everything and anything nowadays is seen in the light of money. In the article it says: "They steal other peoples ideas, and they don't pay for them, and they take no moral responsibility for that" Is there a law that says that every idea should be paid for? I'm getting increasingly worried about society nowadays, it's all about money. A once good thing like the internet has fallen into the hands of commercial suits, sports is more and more something for the sponsors and investors; wherever you look, you'll see the same picture: it's all about money!
You're right; I'm getting sick and tired of the us and them mentality. I think too much effort & energy is wasted on the endless discussions about who is better. By now we all know the UXen are better ;), but still leaves a lot to be desired. I think all this energy could by used in a more positive way (in both camps that is!!)
So now this Harel decides that a problem is insoluble? If a team of researchers try to solve a problem, should they stop because Harel says it can't be done? Who does this guy thinks he is, the All-knowing deus? Isn't it so that the effort to solve a problem can yield other results? Isn't that what science is about?
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