Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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You know, I use computers for about 15 years now, and what is the most interesting, had a virus only once, in 96 or 97, don't remember. I can only wonder how and where people get it.
When the slapper worm came out the whole bank of america ATM system went down (Over 10,000 ATMS). When the Blaster Worm came out most of my friends and the whole state of MD Department of Motor Vehicles went down 2500 computers.
Windows doesn't teach any better security then anyone else. When you first start XP after an install it makes EVERY account an admin. With Linspire they don't press making user accounts as hard as they should but when you first boot it gives you the option to add users etc. (And the profiles etc are working great now!)
The big problem with Windows is and always will be crappy scripting. Open scripting that can run even if you are not an admin is a BIG problem and Windows has had this problem for a while.