Hi Tom.

20-Jan-04 08:27:24, Tom Walker wrote to Pascal Schmidt


  -> I'm amazed that people still defend Windows and MS applications
  after all
 TW> thos -> security holes and privacy issues (like Word documents
 TW> carrying tons of -> information about the system they were written
 TW> on and about the document's -> history).

 TW> Do yuo Realize al lthat Security CRAP the LINUX users push in my
 TW> Face al lthe time dosen't more then 1/2 of the Typical Home users.

Huh?

 TW> Adn Incideltly to get that Security you are trying ot tel lme is
 TW> so important comes with a Heavy Price. That price is Complexity
 TW> and possabily the Inability ot trouble shoot your Own System. In a
 TW> computer group for Genealogy Libraries that I associate with via
 TW> "E" mail I hear Horror Stories constantly from those that upgraded
 TW> to Win2000 or WinWP from Win95/98

the security added to 2K and XP protects microsoft's interests not the
users. it's mainly copy protection and thgat sort of stuff.

the stuff linux has built in is security against misbehaving software and
malicious network activities...

I don't think there are many users capable of trouble-shooting a
misbehaving windows system.

 -=> Bye <=-

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