Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:46:29 -0500 From: "Oliver, Michael W." <oliver.michael@gargantuan.com> To: 'Cliff Sarginson' <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Teaching parents UNIX Message-ID: <1DA741CA6767A144BAA4F10012536C27A97C@LKLDDC01.GARGANTUAN.COM>
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I would suggest that Microsoft software is NOT responsible for the spread of virii. What can software do by itself without the driving force of a human being? I submit that ignorant/cheap/lazy/whatever users, coupled with kids (with too much time on their hands and parents who don't know or don't care) writing virii, are the cause of the vast majority of virus infections. I do not want to get into any kind of pissing match with you Cliff, because your rabid distaste for MS products rivals any that I have seen, and I share that view to some extent. I will let Anthony be the Microsoft advocate ;-) Michael Oliver > -----Original Message----- > From: Cliff Sarginson [mailto:cliff@raggedclown.net] > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:25 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:02:29PM +0800, Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeffrey" <jeffrey@azstarnet.com> > > > > > So while I really don't care if a person defragments their disk, > > > repairs broken software, uninstalls old software or even updates > > > their drivers. I do care that they are not maintaining their > > > machine to at least the point that they are not attacking > one of my > > > servers. > > > > Thi sis one of my pet gripes, I think that AV software > should be free, > > as it is fine and dandy for the people with the money to buy it and > > protect their system, but the people who can not afford it, > > unknowingly get infected and spread it to the rest of the world, so > > what some ppl say, I would rather have an AV software that > has one hit > > per day than the current 30 hits I am experiencing, and most of the > > viri are coming from ppl who either can not afford the fees > to get the > > defs or do not know how to...... Maybe we should insist ppl pass a > > basic computer course before going on the internet ? ;o) > > > There are a couple of points here. > One since Microsoft software is almost single-handedly > responsible for the spread of viruses across the globe, which > as pointed out above, does affect all public services even if > they use non-ms software, then Microsoft should be > responsible enough to give all users of their OS'es a > lifetime subscription gratis to an anti-viral service. > > That will not happen. > > Solution 2. People should accept the expense of buying an > anti-viral agent as being necessary to the safe-keeping of > the Internet. What happens is that many ISP's give out > anti-viral software as part of the deal on a 6 month license, > and then people never bother to re-new their subscription. > > Solution 3. ISP's should be held responsible for any of their > users who spread viruses through non-use of anti-viral > agents. They should either make it a condition of service, or > themselves run a gratis anti-viral service. > > This is called social-responsibility. Running MS software > without active anti-viral checking is the technoglogical > equivalent of having sex with strangers without using a condom. > > > -- > Regards > Cliff > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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