Hi John,
Look at it from the positive side John. Linux has a long way to go and I
believe you're going to be safe for many years to come. Good luck!
73 Bert, VE3OBU
-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of W0UN -- John Brosnahan
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 4:35 PM
To: Amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Spies In Computers
At 02:06 PM 8/7/2005, Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
>A way to avoid all this problem is to switch to Linspire and Linux and
>tell Uncle Bill to take a hike. I finaly bit the bullet and did that
>6 months a go. The software is free and all the word processors,
>spread sheet software etc are also FREE. All updates are free. They
>can read all the windows files (and can create them as well) and I have
>yet to regret the switch. AND I have no spyware or other invasions of
>my computer space!!!
BUT if everyone switches, then Linux will become the target and have the
same problems. It has its own vulnerabilities, but they are just not
exploited by the hackers and script kiddies because it is still a
(relatively) niche market. The low-life crackers would crack Linux if it
was the big OS on the block.
--John W0UN
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