Viruses from ubuntu list

[David M. Carney]

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:47:35 +0200, Duncan Anderson
<duncangareth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> You make some valid points, Hudson. I suppose I shall have to accept
> that some of my viewpoints are likely to follow the dinosaurs. It's a
> pity that the software has to be polluted with the kinds of shoddy
> programming practices that are so common today. "If you can't get it to
> work, throw more memory at it! Increase the MHz!" I really hate bloated
> software that makes me have to buy more hardware. It's a big problem
> where I live, in what is basically a mixed First World/Third World
> economy. Most computers in the area I'm from are still Pentiums. Only
> fairly wealthy people can afford to buy new P4s, etc. Fortunately, it is
> possible to prune Linux and tweak it so that it can function quite
> eficiently at the low end of the hardware spectrum.
> 
> I'm sorry about ranting on and on, but it is really frustrating to see
> how much time and money people spend on getting rid of their windows
> viruses. As far as terms like M$oft and Windoze are concerned, I reserve
> my right to freedom of speech under the new Constitution of South
> Africa. :-)
> 
> cheers
> Duncan (Stegosaurus Unixsupportus)
> 
> 
> 
> Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN wrote:
> 
> >i thought we were supposed to practice restraint using terms like m$,
> >windoze and such i got roasted on this list for just the same thing
> >in a similar rant. pests that have heretofore not been a problem on
> >linux desktops will probably lead to creeping pervasiveness. part of
> >the growth of open source as an alternative to mainstream software
> >is that alternative overtime turns into a mainstreamer and as such
> >becomes subject to the same trypes of distractions and events that
> >brain-dead wintel boxes suffer from. these will just take the form
> >that the platform finds amenable - its unavoidable at this point.
> >
> >linux will start to suffer some of the same stuff that win9x/2k/xp
> >suffer from bloat code due to the increasing number of users who
> >dont want to know whats under hood and avoid looing as much as possible.
> >
> >wait until linux clients become corporate 'commodities' or 'utilities'
> >then one will see a more pronounced proliferation of these symptoms.
> >
> >get over it. its part of the deal. we have to grow up as the OS
> >not just the ubuntu distro but open source in general.
> >
> >ubuntu's charter is admirable but certainly not unique historically.
> >
> >i like it but there are no panaceas without some accompanying pandora's box.
> >
> >
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I haven't gotten any virus's yet, but I am getting a LOT of phishing
spam at my gmail account.

Funny thing is this list is the ONLY thing I use this account for. So,
the spammers MUST be getting my address from the Ubuntu Forums.

Nice.

David

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