At first I just slightly agreed with this post. I mean, I understand what he said, but it wasn't that big of an issue. When on the news, many people can assume that it's a Macroshaft Winblows system that is being attacked, because that's all they know of. You'd be surprised how many people only know of MS Win NT, 95, or 98. Maybe 3.11. Dos is almost forgotten (even though I still love it.) Mac's are known to those who use them, and us techies. Linux, as much as I hate to say it, is for us/.ers, techies, and college students. No one else uses the great operating system.
I vaguely remember when a mac virus was released, they specified mac on the news. Melissa and Love bug, no OS or anything specified. Suprised? I'm not.
But, then I saw the Reuters release, and what Megashapera said carried more and more weight in my head's argument. How assinine is this stuff?? Half of these press releases that we get today barely mentions the fact that it is on the computer (however when the internet is mentioned, one can assume..).
Probably the worst of all things is, how many ever mention/.???
Well, our business uses Quake III, but I dare say that we get a profit out of it...
Wait, we don't have the source for that.
The point is, if you look at the software that you use in a business, quite often MUCH of it will not be commercially depended on, but on the other hand is quite nice to have for YOUR business. If Nike's inventory system fell into Rebok's hands (just pretend), I imagine that could cause impact.
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At first I just slightly agreed with this post. I mean, I understand what he said, but it wasn't that big of an issue. When on the news, many people can assume that it's a Macroshaft Winblows system that is being attacked, because that's all they know of. You'd be surprised how many people only know of MS Win NT, 95, or 98. Maybe 3.11. Dos is almost forgotten (even though I still love it.) Mac's are known to those who use them, and us techies. Linux, as much as I hate to say it, is for us /.ers, techies, and college students. No one else uses the great operating system.
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I vaguely remember when a mac virus was released, they specified mac on the news. Melissa and Love bug, no OS or anything specified. Suprised? I'm not.
But, then I saw the Reuters release, and what Megashapera said carried more and more weight in my head's argument. How assinine is this stuff?? Half of these press releases that we get today barely mentions the fact that it is on the computer (however when the internet is mentioned, one can assume..).
Probably the worst of all things is, how many ever mention
Well, our business uses Quake III, but I dare say that we get a profit out of it...
Wait, we don't have the source for that.
The point is, if you look at the software that you use in a business, quite often MUCH of it will not be commercially depended on, but on the other hand is quite nice to have for YOUR business. If Nike's inventory system fell into Rebok's hands (just pretend), I imagine that could cause impact.
Sic semper Microsannis... NOT