Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Les Mikesell]

Tomas Larsson wrote:
>>>
>>> So I simly don't buy that you get infected first time you 
>> are connected.
>>
>> You don't today - or you don't see it because the viruses are 
>> more stealthy and designed to spread slowly and remain 
>> undetected while permitting remote control of the machines to 
>> send spam or participate in an occasional DDOS attack.  A few 
>> years back an unprotected, unpatched box would be hit by 
>> something in a couple of minutes on a random internet 
>> address.  The 2003 slammer worm was probably the most 
>> dramatic of the bunch, practically knocking out the internet. 
>>  It sent UDP packets out of RAM as fast as the machine could 
>> generate them.
>>
>>
> 
> Well, obviously I have missed it, Been on the net since mid 90's, before
> Win95, using 3.11 and on DSL since end 90's.
> Allways been using AW-SW though, currently NAW.
> 
> So I wonder, Why has not any of my boxes ever been infected since it is said
> to be so easy to infect Windows.
> 
> Well, the answer is, I think, It is not so easy, unless you are very very
> very stupid.
> Unfortunately there is a lot of people out there that is very very very very
> stupid, just take look on all these scams, nigeria letters etc.

Are saying these guys are stupid?
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=49857

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