Comment What do you expect? (Score 1) 1995
Personally, I've never experienced any of the described problems on my Windows machine... nor on my Linux machine, nor my Windows / Coop Linux box.
Of course, I've also never downloaded malware from the Internet nor have I hooked up a machine to the Internet without some sort of firewall.
Compare all of the current versions to Windows 1.0, Linux 0.97c (the first copy I downloaded), and the original Mac. All of these OS's have made leaps and bounds progress.
What do you expect? If I drove my Hummer off a cliff while attempting to off-road it, you think the manufacturer would / should apologize or even consider it his fault? I'm sure he'd be happy to sell me another one, though.
Here's another's opinion that contradicts the article's opinion that you might find amusing (although a little outdated)
(Copy and paste, referrers aren't allowed) http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/archives/2003_08.ht ml
Of course, I've also never downloaded malware from the Internet nor have I hooked up a machine to the Internet without some sort of firewall.
Compare all of the current versions to Windows 1.0, Linux 0.97c (the first copy I downloaded), and the original Mac. All of these OS's have made leaps and bounds progress.
What do you expect? If I drove my Hummer off a cliff while attempting to off-road it, you think the manufacturer would / should apologize or even consider it his fault? I'm sure he'd be happy to sell me another one, though.
Here's another's opinion that contradicts the article's opinion that you might find amusing (although a little outdated)
(Copy and paste, referrers aren't allowed) http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/archives/2003_08.h
