Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:22:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Spam filtering (was Re: Capclave)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Michael Walsh wrote:

>> From the Washington Postthis last Sunday re: Symantec's and McAfee's
> security software programs
>
> "If you're not running XP, go with the McAfee suite for now. But think
> hard about whether you actually need to run Windows on your next
> computer. Compared with dealing with these programs, life with Mac OS X
> or Linux -- both blissfully free of spyware and viruses --may look
> awfully appealing."
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100800566_2.html

Written, I fear, by somebody who doesn't realize that crackers don't
bother Mac and Linux much because Windows is so much bigger a target.
There have been cracker attacks on both, so they're not immune -- just not
being shot aT so much.

-- Dick Eney