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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Posted by: David Hallowell (Wednesday 28 January 2004, 1:34 AM)
Remember I said I didn't want to see any operating system with the current dominance of Windows, that includes Linux.
Basically your argument backs up what I was saying. A heterogeneous computing environment where no system is dominant will reduce the problem of viral attacks because only a small portion of systems will then be eligible to be affected for each virus/worm/etc.
Also like I also mentioned, as Linux doesn't use the filename to indicate executable status but instead sets it as a file permission then the problem of someone not seeing the .exe is removed.
In Linux to execute a file from an email attachment:
1) Save file to disk
2) chmod +x filename
3) ./filename
Therefore you at least need to know what you're doing before running an executable file.
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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
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