How about using a service like TZO.com to link a dynamically assigned ip address back to a static FQDN ($25/yr)? That would allow you to locate you machine no matter where it logged in. Under Linux you could use SSH/VNC/telnet to get access to the machine. Under windows you could use PCAnywhere or similar program.
I'm not sure your arguements prove MS is a monopoly but you make an interesting point regarding the impact of a virus in a computing environment with little OS diversity.
There is a great bio-diversity analog which suggest that our bio-diversity (ie. natural genetic variation) makes it more difficult for a human virus to devastate an entire population. The natural genetic variations from person to person prevent a virus from being equally effective across an entire poplutaion.
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How about using a service like TZO.com to link a dynamically assigned ip address back to a static FQDN ($25/yr)? That would allow you to locate you machine no matter where it logged in. Under Linux you could use SSH/VNC/telnet to get access to the machine. Under windows you could use PCAnywhere or similar program.
I'm not sure your arguements prove MS is a monopoly but you make an interesting point regarding the impact of a virus in a computing environment with little OS diversity.
There is a great bio-diversity analog which suggest that our bio-diversity (ie. natural genetic variation) makes it more difficult for a human virus to devastate an entire population. The natural genetic variations from person to person prevent a virus from being equally effective across an entire poplutaion.
May be a argument for greater OS diversity!