From: "Robert Comer" 

> his laptop is a piece of hardware not an OS distribution.

So is an install CD.  I think Adam's post has merit if you guys keep
thinking 3rd party apps in Linux are OS components.

- Bob Comer 


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:402cb184$2{at}w3.nls.net...
> his laptop is a piece of hardware not an OS distribution.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:402c82c1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Geo. wrote:
> >
> > > if it's part of the distribution it counts.
> > >
> >
> > Thnking about it.....my borther's SOny laptop came with XP & a whole
> > host of apps rwady installed...so I take it that all those apps that
> > came installed with the box (e.g. WinDVD etc) are all thus Windows vulns
> > if a problem is found?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
>

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