Richard Rasker wrote:
Um, oer, ah, oh!, ..., gosh, hmm, <thinks hard>, er ... I know...
** MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS ONLY !! **
>
> Yup, you guessed right! Not Mac, not Linux. Already 1% of computers
> running Redmond's crapware are infected, and the worst isn't over yet:
>
>
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/conficker-worm-infects-9-million-and-counting-39617
>
> For those who didn't realize yet: 10 million infected machines is fully
> one percent of the total number of machines out there.
>
> "a virulent new worm, which took down Ministry of Health systems for 15
> days. ...
>
> the Ministry of Health is only now on the verge of giving an all-clear
> after a 15-day battle with the worm, which hit 2000 of its PCs, and
> caused the ministry to temporarily sever its connection to the internet
> to avoid infecting others."
>
> Oops! A country's complete health ministry down because they used Windows.
> These guys sure have one hell of a health problem! Let's see, 2000 PC's
> down for 15 days ... say we're talking a few hundred dollars in
> productivity loss per PC, plus, say, a hundred dollars per PC for
> cleansing ... well, that's easily over half a million worth of damage.
> With the total number of infections at least 5,000 times higher, damage
> must be running into the billions already. Great Software for sure!
>
<snip>
But Microsoft released a patch, doesn't that mean it's all OK now ?
I know, it's a bit like a lorry driver saying he's sorry after he has
mounted the curb, crashed thru your house and run over your beautiful three
year old toddler in her pretty ping bonnet.
The damage is done and she's dead, because he's incompetent.
A bit like Microsoft really.
Windows ... we are the infection, and Linux is the cure.
--
If we wish to reduce our ignorance, there are people we will
indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
Kelsey Bjarnason, C.O.L.A. 2008
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