And another Ubuntu convert!

[iodine at runbox.no]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Apparently none of you get it.  This is all about popularity. I take it
> none of you have been watching the increase in malware on OSX?  As
> Windows market share drops, and OSX share increases the malware authors
> see that they need to diversify their efforts.  At some point Windows
> won't be the ONLY THING(TM).  Therefore, as linux becomes more popular
> (and Ubuntu is a big part of that), malware authors will begin turning
> their attention to it.
> 
> This is why AV is important.  This is why you need to worry NOW. Not
> later.
> 
> I swear this 'it can't happen to me' attitude just blows my mind.  Just
> because it hasn't yet doesn't mean it won't.

It seems to me you've fallen for the AV industry's propaganda
hook, line and sinker. It's scary that you, a supposed
Sr. Systems Administrator no less, advice people about AV
without mentioning the pitfalls. It's no panacea, and you should
know this if you are what you say you are.

-- 
Odd