The Ubuntu Experiment

[Derek Broughton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> 2008/7/31 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>>> Telling people they
>>> don't need an antivirus when trying to get them to use linux is just
>>> setting them up to get bit.
>>
>> Telling people they _must_ have AV software is just suggesting they
>> should rely on technological solutions instead of using common sense.
> 
> Here, you are making the common mistake of confusing common sense with
> familiarity in a given field. The known ways of avoiding viruses are
> NOT common sense, but they are well known and ingrained in anyone with
> a few YEARS experience on the 'net.

I hadn't thought of it in those terms, but you're probably right
-- 
derek