They could also have TV ad's if they charged for the software. By the way, have you ever seen X11? I find it a very formidable GUI, and it runs on Linux. I think Slackware, Caldera, RedHat, Mandrake, Stormix, and a few others ship with it and have it setup when you install, and have since it's release a few hundred years ago (okay, thats a slight exageration, but it has been a very long time).
Thats almost how they solved their internet challenge. They put a server online and told the hackers to try and break in, and then the server crashed for 6 days. Well, nobody broke in, but unfortunately their tactics were to keep the machine down for as long as possible rather than actual security.
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They could also have TV ad's if they charged for the software. By the way, have you ever seen X11? I find it a very formidable GUI, and it runs on Linux. I think Slackware, Caldera, RedHat, Mandrake, Stormix, and a few others ship with it and have it setup when you install, and have since it's release a few hundred years ago (okay, thats a slight exageration, but it has been a very long time).
Thats almost how they solved their internet challenge. They put a server online and told the hackers to try and break in, and then the server crashed for 6 days. Well, nobody broke in, but unfortunately their tactics were to keep the machine down for as long as possible rather than actual security.