__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 15 June 2006 05:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:29:19 +0100
> <9157213.7mIyIInKlZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ hanumizzle@xxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 15 June 2006 03:31 \__
>>
>>> The angry inch wrote:
>>>> Linux is like a one legged man in a ass kicking contest. And Microsoft
>>>> the one doing the ass kicking.
>>>>
>>>> People don't want linux. They want Windows cause Windows is cool like
>>>> my Harly Davidson. The linux nuts are like the loser who have rice
>>>> burner jap bikes. They try and say that the jap bike gets more mileage
>>>> per gallon and that the jap bike costs less and that the jap bike goes
>>>> faster and is more reliable than a Harly. But the Harly got class and
>>>> good value and is what people really want to ride. You pay a little
>>>> more for a Harly but its worth it. Not like the jap bikes.
>>>
>>> Can Harlies get viruses?
>>
>> The OP is some brilliant Linux advocacy, actually. It shows the mental
>> barriers of adamant Windows users. "Ass kicking contest"; "Harly" (sic)...
>> I guess the next analogy would would have compared Linux to a trailer
>> park.
>>
>> For people who know better, there is Linux.
>>
>> For people who know nothing (about the better choice), there is Windows.
>>
>> At the end of the day, everyone is happy. The Linux user is happy to have
>> gotten a lot work done. The Windows user, as well, is satisfied, having
>> successfully cleaned up the Registry and fully defrag'ed the hard-drives.
I later came to realise the OP is linux-sux at lycos. But I wouldn't retract.
> Except that the Linux user has to deal with the slew of
> malware packets and dumb emails coming from the Windows
> side of the trailer park, for those who are too dumb to
> even do the basics, such as updating malware files. :-)
The exploits often exist before patches are made available. Thus, SPAM and
DDOS attacks will inevitably remain a reality, unless Windows is fully
extinguished, Fixes don't help because some are still using Windows 95, 98,
ME (not truly maintained) and there is little (or no) reason to upgrade
along with the same vendor. A few rotten apples (not Apples) are enough to
devastate the Net, while/if connected. It's a brute force thing.
> (Of course, there are tools; malware wasn't invented when
> Windows came on the scene -- it just exploded. There's a
> difference between a rather sophisticated Mitnick worm and
> a real dumb Anna.K virus that just requires the user to
> have less brains than a half-eaten turnip to click on it.)
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