[wellylug] Virus

[Lindsay Hunter]

We can probably lighten up here.  I have used my Delete key judiciously, and
find I am unharmed.  There are always better ways to doing things, and I am
committed to that.  If that were not so, Mozilla would not have reached
0.9.9 already.  I have learnt something from this.  Some of it from this
list.  :-)  I am also somewhat used to be right.  I was wrong in 1978 and it
was a bitter experience.  And its happened again.  Ho ho!

I accept my role as an advisor to my clients.  My advice will change as a
result of this.

One question however.  Is it not possible to write virii for Linux?  I find
that hard to accept.  I do accept that the risk is far lower and likely to
remain lower for some time yet.

Calm replies only please.  :-)

Lindsay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Judd [mailto:sljudd at paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Monday, 25 March, 2002 18:41
> To: wellylug at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Virus
>
>
> On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 00:03, Phil_Hayward wrote:
>
>
> > One thing though that does sadden me is the zealotry of the wider Linux
> > community, a little of which I believe we are experiencing here.
>
> Gentle, I hope.
>
> > I believe Linux and Open Source will find it rightful place withn the
> > greater computing world but will not be helped along by its 'championing
> > communities' showing an intolerance to anything but 'Linux et al'.
>
> It is a fact that Outlook is a great vector for Windows viruses. Note
> that I recommended other Windows mail clients, on the assumption that
> Lindsay has good reason to read mail on Windows. It is not intolerance
> to anything but Linux, rather intolerance to the most insecure mail
> client in common use.
>
> > Whilst I believe a lot of comments towards Lindsay's faux pas
> are in good
> > spirit some can appear to be tinged with intolerance and
> zealotry. Lets lay
> > off the guy and have a little more understanding; and if we
> can't understand
> > then acceptance that he and millions of others choose to use software
> > different to yours. After all, the question begs to be asked, "If our
> > software is so bloody wonderful, why isn't the rest of the
> world using it?"
>
> Lots of reasons, some very logical I'm sure. But come on, there is a
> certain... irony here.
>
> Also - Lindsay says he has to use Outlook, to work with clients.
> Personally I'm curious why, for two reasons:
>
> 1. We might be able to suggest some way to get around the need for
> Outlook.
> 2. If there's an insuperable barrier to leaving Outlook behind in this
> case, then that's useful for the rest of us to know in our own work with
> Linux.
>
> For what it's worth, I once was forced to post to a Debian user group
> list through Outlook Web Access. The resulting ms-tnef encoded
> attachment was hard to live down...
>
> ;-)
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
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> ---
> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22-Mar-02
>
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22-Mar-02


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