Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:06:30 -0800 (PST) From: dereck <dereckhaskins@yahoo.com> To: Xian <ian@codepad.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is windows a virus Message-ID: <20050128170630.46637.qmail@web50802.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200501281603.18198.ian@codepad.net>
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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 <ian@codepad.net> 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" >
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