Re: Switch from AIX to NT???

--- thamus <thamus@my-deja.com> > wrote: > >That's a end user problem: someone who can't figure out >*not* to run and unknown program from an unknown >source. If given Linux, they would glad execute >unknown ksh scripts as root, which, for example, added >a virus to ksh or csh that read the contents of your >saved mail directory and send itself to every email >address found. Or are you under the impression that unix >is immune to virii? What bonehead gives the end users root access. Let 'em trash their own environment if they can't be trained not to run programs. One of the major differences here is that your average shell script doesn't run itself when you open the email it's attached to. Your arguments are weak in that regard. > >> >Letting >> >dumb end users have a good database at a reasonable price. >> >> Uh, what's wrong with Linux? > >Nothing, it's just that the average user doesn't >have a couple years of unix experience just to setup >and maintain a database (and can't afford to pay >some unix tech to maintain the system). Again, the average user doesn't setup an Informix database either. If they're running Informix there's probably someone aboard bright enough to administer a Linux box. == Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net

In article <8t6o4t$e46$1@news.xmission.com>, benj@firstlinux.net wrote: > > > --- thamus <thamus@my-deja.com> > > wrote: > > > >That's a end user problem: someone who can't figure out > >*not* to run and unknown program from an unknown > >source. If given Linux, they would glad execute > >unknown ksh scripts as root, which, for example, added > >a virus to ksh or csh that read the contents of your > >saved mail directory and send itself to every email > >address found. Or are you under the impression that unix > >is immune to virii? > > What bonehead gives the end users root access. Let 'em trash their >own environment if they can't be trained not to run programs. Exactly my point. "PC" stands for Personal Computer. If they had a Linux box in front of them, they *will* be logged in as root and would gladly run a shell script called "I_Love_You.sh". >One of the major differences here is that your average shell script >doesn't run itself when you open the email it's attached to. Your >arguments are weak in that regard. How much did Robert Morris cost the Gov? I have WSH on my NT machine, I also have Outlook. I have gotten a lot of email virii forwarded to me, but not one has executed on my machine. Why? Because attachements do not have to be handled that way. Most viruses are propagated by the user actively running the executable. > >> Uh, what's wrong with Linux? > > > >Nothing, it's just that the average user doesn't > >have a couple years of unix experience just to setup > >and maintain a database (and can't afford to pay > >some unix tech to maintain the system). > > Again, the average user doesn't setup an Informix database either. If >they're running Informix there's probably someone aboard bright enough >to administer a Linux box. But if your techs know NT and not Linux (A growing segment in these web days)... Note: I like UNIX, I use it everyday. I like NT, I use it everyday. What I don't understand is the knee-jerk, violent, anti-NT mentality. -- Tom Kliethermes 90% of people give the rest of us a bad name. "Not answering this post implies that you believe everything I have said." Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.