Care to explain a reason WHY?
Explain why to what? Why MS has the desktop marketshare? Because general users don't want to have to choose which distro, which gui, etc... They want it to work out of the box. Why Apache has the marketshare of webservers? Because general users don't run web-servers, and Apache is better.
This also does not include the fact that Windows is very often a single-vendor solution.
Another reason CTO's, general users, and the like, still go to MS for solutions. I'm not saying MS solutions are the best, but managing software from one vendor, with one type of license, is a hell of a lot easier for a busy person to manage than several from several.
Send me a virus: I will read it on an alpha in kmail, or on a sparc via mutt, etc
Once again, a Windows user could do the same. I have written my own web browser, but windows users could get amaya, or opera, or whatever. Mine won't use plug-ins... not very vulnerable. Also, if a script tries to run, I get a warning, and can block it. So what? My original point was POOR ADMINISTRATION, which you solve by using other programs to read mail, etc...
A killer virus/worm could cripple most windows users, but would only kill a small percentage of linux users
I'm both.. would I be partially crippled? I haven't been hit by a worm or a virus in YEARS. Not bragging, not lying, just stating the facts. I do know how to secure my boxes. It doesn't take long to figure out that linux users are, by default, more savvy computer users. My mother wouldn't have the first clue if I gave her a linux box, but she can run windows fine. Why? She uses it at work, her friends use it, it's simple. She'd have an easy time with a Mac too. But linux? Hmmmm, which distro? Which GUI? Which e-mail client? I only have three ports open on my router, and two of those are proprietary. I wouldn't have a problem with Blaster even if I hadn't patched. An OS is only as secure as the admin makes it. One could open all ports on a linux box and lo and behold, they'd get cracked/hacked soon enough.
It's funny to me how once I say something about MS, I'm labeled a linux hater. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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were the first two that came up in google for me, but there were quite a few more. Apache is a target because it has market share on web servers, just as MS is a target because it has market share on desktops.
Don't take this as Linux/Apache bashing... I'm all for open source, and I don't care at all for MS's business practices. But I do write Windows code for a living right now (love the life of a contractor.. ugh). I haven't been hit by a virus/worm in several years, and I host a web server from my home. I'm current on security patches, and most of them don't require a reboot. I just get torked off when spin gets added to news like this.
I dunno. I patched ms03-026 about 3 days after it released, and I didn't read any horror stories about it breaking something else. Somehow, I wasn't affected by Blaster. Now, ms03-039 is available. So in a couple of days, I'll patch with that too.
People who had problems with Blaster 4 FRIGGIN WEEKS after the patch was released have nobody to blame but themselves. Every OS has bugs. Every OS gets patched. To write software of that magnitude, you need quite a few coders. And when you have quite a few coders, there will be a few unforseen problems when it's all compiled together.
At the risk of being modded as a troll for this one, I would say that if UNIX had the marketshare instead of MS, then we'd see a ton of UNIX based worms/viruses. Or Mac for that matter. MS, who I agree has awful business practices, is just an easy target for rhetoric for those two reasons.
The largest cause for the propagation of Blaster(including at the company where I'm a developer) was poor server/desktop administration.
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The interesting Windows comment to me was may even, someday, allow us to simply reach out and touch an on/off button to turn off Windows in lieu of going through a ritualized shut-down procedure."
Except Windows makes a bunch of registry writes upon shutdown, and writes to the logs, and formally terminates background process allowing them to make any log entries they choose to, and......
It's hard to blame a parent who might not even know how to do anything more than email, and yahoo.
I understand your point, but as a parent I have to know what my children are up to all the time. If they're on the pc, I need to know if they're chatting, with whom, what kind of information I'm giving out.
Obviously, that's not always possible i.e. they get home before I do. However, that's no excuse for me. I can't say "well, yes, I provided a pc, an internet connection, but I had no idea whatsoever what my kids were up to." That's like saying "Yes, I had cigarettes and whiskey in the house, but I had no idea my kids were getting into them and taking them to school." Either way, it's the responsibility of the parents.
IANAL either, but I understand that legally you cannot sue a minor anyway... you have to sue their parents. So it's a moot point. Shove your child into the papers, but it's you who's ending up in court.
True that, but even as a developer in the know regarding file deletion, I don't tend to go through the extra steps myself. Do many people do that? Of course, with regard to this particular case, he probably would be forward thinking enough to do just that.
Sadly, there's probably some truth to that. Since filesystems don't actually delete a file when you delete them, the residual bits of data would be the RIAA's biting point.
That would be nice for Slashdot readers, but not for my parents, or my neighbors, or the little old lady that always waves at me on my way to work, or...
There was a time when Windows was not preloaded, and everyone screamed to make it so. They didn't want to be bothered with options, and install times, etc... They just wanted to plug it in and use it. If you ask which desktop, which office suite, whatever... to install, the generic home PC user is going to short circuit. Back to the typical "problem of education" but the reality is, the blue haired e-mail sender doesn't want to educate themselves on desktops, distros, etc..
I wonder if a better option would be for HP (whose PC's I've had tons of problems supporting, by the way) to offer two options... one preloaded how they see fit, and one with options for the people who care to educate themselves regarding distros, or at least are competent enough to install another desktop if they're not satisfied with the default.
My two cents... that and another $1.83(US) will buy you a starbucks.
I used to do session work (as a bassist) in Nashville and can tell you even folks like Garth Brooks used these in studio. Recently, George Strait used one as well (Stars on the Water) but not to hide any inability to hit the notes, but for a particular effect eliminating sliding notes. It's interesting technology, but just adds to the major labels ability to give us the pretty singers rather than the talented ones.
As long as 10 years ago, digital recording/editing was used to get rid of sour notes in strumming, solos, etc... and to "humanize" rather than "quantize" the rhythm so it would be almost perfect rather than perfect and machine sounding.
OS X? Security? What an oxymoron (5core:5, funny) (Score:0)
He actually typed in the mod in the title. So no worries for the apple users, all is well, nobody that posts anything closely resembling Windows hype ever gets above a 3 here....
It doesn't pertain to just documents. I've seen code samples posted to sites like experts-exchange where DB connection strings still had UID and PW data in them. Seems people don't re-read before they post very often.
That reminds me of the stories I've heard about hill country (Austin area) in Texas. Seems when the settlers "discovered" the area, it was lush with tall grass.... perfect for cattle grazing. Unfortunately, that grass took a few thousand years to grow, as it was some sort of pre-historic breed. It wasn't long before there was't much left but rocks and cedar trees.. pretty much how that area looks today.
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Care to explain a reason WHY?
Explain why to what? Why MS has the desktop marketshare? Because general users don't want to have to choose which distro, which gui, etc... They want it to work out of the box. Why Apache has the marketshare of webservers? Because general users don't run web-servers, and Apache is better.
This also does not include the fact that Windows is very often a single-vendor solution.
Another reason CTO's, general users, and the like, still go to MS for solutions. I'm not saying MS solutions are the best, but managing software from one vendor, with one type of license, is a hell of a lot easier for a busy person to manage than several from several.
Send me a virus: I will read it on an alpha in kmail, or on a sparc via mutt, etc
Once again, a Windows user could do the same. I have written my own web browser, but windows users could get amaya, or opera, or whatever. Mine won't use plug-ins... not very vulnerable. Also, if a script tries to run, I get a warning, and can block it. So what? My original point was POOR ADMINISTRATION, which you solve by using other programs to read mail, etc...
A killer virus/worm could cripple most windows users, but would only kill a small percentage of linux users
I'm both.. would I be partially crippled? I haven't been hit by a worm or a virus in YEARS. Not bragging, not lying, just stating the facts. I do know how to secure my boxes. It doesn't take long to figure out that linux users are, by default, more savvy computer users. My mother wouldn't have the first clue if I gave her a linux box, but she can run windows fine. Why? She uses it at work, her friends use it, it's simple. She'd have an easy time with a Mac too. But linux? Hmmmm, which distro? Which GUI? Which e-mail client? I only have three ports open on my router, and two of those are proprietary. I wouldn't have a problem with Blaster even if I hadn't patched. An OS is only as secure as the admin makes it. One could open all ports on a linux box and lo and behold, they'd get cracked/hacked soon enough.
It's funny to me how once I say something about MS, I'm labeled a linux hater. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I'm sorry... are you suggesting RPC and DCOM aren't software?
Slapper
were the first two that came up in google for me, but there were quite a few more. Apache is a target because it has market share on web servers, just as MS is a target because it has market share on desktops.
Don't take this as Linux/Apache bashing... I'm all for open source, and I don't care at all for MS's business practices. But I do write Windows code for a living right now (love the life of a contractor.. ugh). I haven't been hit by a virus/worm in several years, and I host a web server from my home. I'm current on security patches, and most of them don't require a reboot. I just get torked off when spin gets added to news like this.
That's actually pretty funny, considering Newsforge is The Online Source of Record for Linux and Open Source.
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List of other Linux Viruses
Why bash MS when other OS's have vulnerabilities as well?
I dunno. I patched ms03-026 about 3 days after it released, and I didn't read any horror stories about it breaking something else. Somehow, I wasn't affected by Blaster. Now, ms03-039 is available. So in a couple of days, I'll patch with that too.
People who had problems with Blaster 4 FRIGGIN WEEKS after the patch was released have nobody to blame but themselves. Every OS has bugs. Every OS gets patched. To write software of that magnitude, you need quite a few coders. And when you have quite a few coders, there will be a few unforseen problems when it's all compiled together.
At the risk of being modded as a troll for this one, I would say that if UNIX had the marketshare instead of MS, then we'd see a ton of UNIX based worms/viruses. Or Mac for that matter. MS, who I agree has awful business practices, is just an easy target for rhetoric for those two reasons.
The largest cause for the propagation of Blaster(including at the company where I'm a developer) was poor server/desktop administration.
The interesting Windows comment to me was may even, someday, allow us to simply reach out and touch an on/off button to turn off Windows in lieu of going through a ritualized shut-down procedure."
Except Windows makes a bunch of registry writes upon shutdown, and writes to the logs, and formally terminates background process allowing them to make any log entries they choose to, and......
$teve Job$
Draw Your Own Conclusion regarding the definition of Teve.
It's hard to blame a parent who might not even know how to do anything more than email, and yahoo.
I understand your point, but as a parent I have to know what my children are up to all the time. If they're on the pc, I need to know if they're chatting, with whom, what kind of information I'm giving out.
Obviously, that's not always possible i.e. they get home before I do. However, that's no excuse for me. I can't say "well, yes, I provided a pc, an internet connection, but I had no idea whatsoever what my kids were up to." That's like saying "Yes, I had cigarettes and whiskey in the house, but I had no idea my kids were getting into them and taking them to school." Either way, it's the responsibility of the parents.
IANAL either, but I understand that legally you cannot sue a minor anyway... you have to sue their parents. So it's a moot point. Shove your child into the papers, but it's you who's ending up in court.
Banks have the same requirement. Not only do they have to pay some service to destroy the hard drives, but the RAM as well.
True that, but even as a developer in the know regarding file deletion, I don't tend to go through the extra steps myself. Do many people do that? Of course, with regard to this particular case, he probably would be forward thinking enough to do just that.
Sadly, there's probably some truth to that. Since filesystems don't actually delete a file when you delete them, the residual bits of data would be the RIAA's biting point.
That would be nice for Slashdot readers, but not for my parents, or my neighbors, or the little old lady that always waves at me on my way to work, or...
There was a time when Windows was not preloaded, and everyone screamed to make it so. They didn't want to be bothered with options, and install times, etc... They just wanted to plug it in and use it. If you ask which desktop, which office suite, whatever... to install, the generic home PC user is going to short circuit. Back to the typical "problem of education" but the reality is, the blue haired e-mail sender doesn't want to educate themselves on desktops, distros, etc..
I wonder if a better option would be for HP (whose PC's I've had tons of problems supporting, by the way) to offer two options... one preloaded how they see fit, and one with options for the people who care to educate themselves regarding distros, or at least are competent enough to install another desktop if they're not satisfied with the default.
My two cents... that and another $1.83(US) will buy you a starbucks.
Didn't bother fans of Bob Dylan, or Townes Van Zandt...
or Celine Dion....
Did anyone see the Pepsi live tv concert of Evernescence? It was awful...
I used to do session work (as a bassist) in Nashville and can tell you even folks like Garth Brooks used these in studio. Recently, George Strait used one as well (Stars on the Water) but not to hide any inability to hit the notes, but for a particular effect eliminating sliding notes. It's interesting technology, but just adds to the major labels ability to give us the pretty singers rather than the talented ones.
As long as 10 years ago, digital recording/editing was used to get rid of sour notes in strumming, solos, etc... and to "humanize" rather than "quantize" the rhythm so it would be almost perfect rather than perfect and machine sounding.
relax... reread the header
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OS X? Security? What an oxymoron (5core
He actually typed in the mod in the title. So no worries for the apple users, all is well, nobody that posts anything closely resembling Windows hype ever gets above a 3 here....
Crap! Maybe I should use google more often then.
It doesn't pertain to just documents. I've seen code samples posted to sites like experts-exchange where DB connection strings still had UID and PW data in them. Seems people don't re-read before they post very often.
Of course, that makes the text unsearchable by google.
through the fruit-colored models; the pre-chiclet iBooks
Why am I reminded of Carmen Miranda?
I don't know of (m)any mainframe worms.
Funny... it affected my HR DB which lives on Long Island. I write code for a company that has over 50 sites in 20 states.
But yeah... power outtages in NY should only be reported in NY....
Thanks for the link!
That reminds me of the stories I've heard about hill country (Austin area) in Texas. Seems when the settlers "discovered" the area, it was lush with tall grass.... perfect for cattle grazing. Unfortunately, that grass took a few thousand years to grow, as it was some sort of pre-historic breed. It wasn't long before there was't much left but rocks and cedar trees.. pretty much how that area looks today.