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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Windows 10 forceful update? |
| Date | 2016-02-19 14:04 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <diolnsFq004U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <na49hv$nmq$1@dont-email.me> <yMmdnUo_LNNImVvLnZ2dnUU7-V0AAAAA@giganews.com> |
On 2016-02-18, Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> gareth wrote:
>
>> Will the attempted forceful update of Windows 10 sound the death-knell
>> for MicroSoft and drive all reasonable people onto Linux?
> Actually, I'm not totally in favor of that. If everybody ran Linux, then
> the script kiddies would start developing nasty malware for it. yes, it
> would be harder, but if they try hard enough, they would find the
> vulnerabilities.
The problem with that argument is that there are some very juicy Linux targets out there. Your bank (and for that matter, everyone else's bank) for example. And yet, Linux malware is thin on the ground.
--
I don't have an attitude problem. If you have a problem with my
attitude, that's your problem.
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Windows 10 forceful update? "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-02-18 11:25 +0000
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