[UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus

[David Braginsky]

> On Fri, 5 May 2000, Clara Wu wrote:
> > Within today, i got 5 times virus alert!
> >
> > Don't know how to say, i just feel i choose linux is correct decision
> > and i am free of those virus :)
>
> I feel that linux is ONE correct choice. MacOS is the another. While macs
> may be suceptible to SOME winblows virii, this is only because they can
> run M$ software. Funny how M$ propagates more virii than any other 'easy
> to use' OS.
>
> 	Be OS is another good choice- it's got a stable UI, POSIX layer,
> and a NICE API (think JDK, but cleaner, and in C++).
>

	I would think the amount of viruses for an OS can be better correlated to
the user base, not the quality of the api. Sure MacOs has less virii, but
also less users. The same stands for Linux and Be.

> There is only ONE problem with virii alerts- I get more virii alerts than
> I do virii!!! :?)

Would you rather have more virii than alerts? I would prefere neither.


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