From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 18:21:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B6ED16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE4B43D31 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ian@codepad.net) Received: from [80.229.159.44] (helo=[192.168.0.4]) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Cuajs-0009re-Pe for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:00 +0000 From: Xian To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:03 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20050128170630.46637.qmail@web50802.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050128170630.46637.qmail@web50802.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501281821.03796.ian@codepad.net> Subject: Re: Is windows a virus X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:03 -0000 I hope I haven't annoyed anyone, sorry if I have. I'll be sensitive in future. Thanks. On Friday 28 January 2005 17:06, dereck wrote: > I know that this is meant to be humorous, and I like > this type of humor. So - this made me smile and I > thank you. > > But you should be aware that historically many > computer professionals considered *NIX to be a virus. > In terms of OS history *NIX has big problems, and its > history is very checkered. I use it, because it is > the most complete and widely available OS. But I find > it hardly "good," either theoretically or practically. > I have a love/hate relationship with it, because the > constant re-implementation of *NIX takes a lot of > human years away from what should be a _re-evaluation_ > of the whole *NIX project. (Yes, beginning with the > use of C and its variants as the base language.) > > The spread of *NIX and its many copycats is definitely > NOT a win-win for the computing industry as a whole. > There is even a downloadable book on the early years > of *NIX, which tells the whole sordid story (in user > emails) of why *NIX has historically sucked. I love > BSD and I hate it. It is the "best" of what is > available. Would that we could do better! > > Enjoy the link below! Note that almost none of the > fundamental problems are fixable - they are products > of the original design. And Dennis Ritchie's > introduction is worth the price of the original! The > man can turn a phrase. > > http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf > > Dereck > > BTW: I still lean toward Windows as virus :-). It's > definition of how user interface _should_ look is a > scab on the industry. BAH! > > --- Xian wrote: > > Is Windows a Virus? > > > > No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do: > > > > 1.They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that. > > > > 2.Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing > > down the system as they > > do so - okay, Windows does that. > > > > 3.Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard > > disk - okay, Windows does > > that too. > > > > 4.Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, > > along with valuable > > programs and systems. - Sigh.. Windows does that, > > too. > > > > 5.Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect > > their system is too slow > > (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. - Yup, > > Windows does that, too. > > > > Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are > > fundamental differences: > > Viruses are well supported by their authors, are > > running on most systems, > > their program code is fast, compact and efficient > > and they tend to become > > more sophisticated as they mature. > > > > So Windows is not a virus. > > > > It's a bug. > > > > On top of that Windows cost money while viruses are > > free. > > > > -- > > /Xian > > > > "The important thing is not to stop questioning. > > Curiosity has its own reason > > for existing." > > Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- /Xian "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead." Albert Einstein