Lindows sells virus protection
Posted Feb 20, 2003 13:20 UTC (Thu) by
danielpf (subscriber, #4723)
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Lindows sells virus protection
Another point not mentioned, Linux in general is less
sensitive to viruses that windows also because at any time there
are much more active different binary versions of kernels,
libraries, applications and combinations of them,
which make the propagation of viruses much harder.
Now if Lindows becomes popular, the same "monoculture"
weakness as windows increases the infection risk
and an epidemy specific for Lindows becomes more likely.
Since Lindows has a particularly weak immune system
(user as root), it is reasonable to think about a
preventive vaccine.
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