Linked by Thom "Slakje" Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2003 19:04 UTC
Misinterpreted. I think that is about the best word around to describe the reactions to my previous article. Whether it has been misinterpreted due to people only reading what they want to read, due to an unclear choice of words on my behalf, or other factors, I am going to try it again. I will try to explain my position, again. Now, more stable, the code has been rewritten from scratch!
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You are clearly incompetent on the matter and do not seem to understand the least how viruses work.
Your attack on "Zeals" making virus to attack windows users is silly, gratuitious, and unfounded.
I would also like to know how "Linux [...] will allways be 5 years behind". What is your evaluation procedure and how do you obtain a score in years?
Other unsubstantiated claims :
"To maintain a Linux system is simply hell, and Windows feels easy".
For a complete beginner, there is no difference. Being a competent windows administrator takes time, experience and documentation. So is it with Linux. Maybe a new windows users have a better illusion of control than linux users. This should be analysed in details before any claim can be made.
"Joe Sixpack doesn't care if things get left behind in registry."
Maybe Joe Sixpack suffer from a lack of information from his software company.
"The good thing though about Virus for Windows is that it's quite obvious where you should go to solve the problem. WIth Linux, you don't have a damn clue whatsoever what to do. That wouldn't just concern viruses, that would concern pretty much whatever happens."
The only obvious clue what to do when something goes wrong with windows is "Hit the reset button". It is a blessing that doing so solves over 50% of windows problems. But you usually do not have any clue how the solve the other 50% of problems until you go through a serious troubleshooting process. Linux problems are solved the same way, by troubleshooting them seriously.