Factors in Making Linux Happen
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| The Windows MindSet Reigns Supreme
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| Without exception, each user balked at the fact that they were beginning
| their Linux use without the benefit of anti-virus or anti-spyware
| applications. Not one of them could immediately grasp the concept that they
| were imune to windows viruses. Neither could they fathom the fact that Linux
| had not seen a virus in the wild since 1994. So ingrained into them was
| the "viral experience", that the idea of operating without "protection" was
| ludicrous.
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| Four out of the ten had been attacked by one or more viruses and our visit
| with them was predicated on that damaged system. I took the time to download
| the exact same virus instrument that had infected their computer and
| downloaded it to their desktop. With them sitting next to me, I executed
| the .exe file (in one case, the wack-a-mole game) and showed them that it had
| no effect on the machine. It was truly apples and oranges. Still, many
| proceeded on my word alone, never fully understanding at that time how this
| could be possible. Simply telling them "you are imune" didn't do a bit of
| good. They just couldn't get their head around it.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/04/factors-in-making-linux-happen.html
Recent:
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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