Wal Mart sells cheap linux boxes

Karl Hergenrother imagelab at worldnet.att.net
Sat Dec 7 14:49:38 EST 2002


This may be interesting for this thread.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021127S0017

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: <bscott at ntisys.com>
To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <discuss at gnhlug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 6:27 PM
Subject: RE: Wal Mart sells cheap linux boxes


> On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, at 12:59pm, travis at scootz.net wrote:
> >> Lastly, even a Linux box with some design flaws is more secure than a
> >> comparable Windows box.  ;-)
> >
> > What, like having it default to having it auto login as root?  That's a
> > HUGE security issue and one of the main reasons windows viruses work so
> > well since they have total control of the system.
>
>   Indeed.  I have been saying for years that it is only a matter of time
> before Linux becomes inundated with its own familiar of viruses, worms,
> trojans, and crappy software.  Putting a technologically-ignorant operator
> in charge of a system enables all manner of failures.  I firmly believe
that
> LindowsOS is a big step in that direction.
>
> --
> Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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