[PLUG] Windows Viruses and Linux

Richard C. Steffens rsteff at comcast.net
Wed Sep 28 22:47:51 UTC 2011


On 09/28/2011 11:37 AM, Mike Cherba wrote:
> Dick,
>      Please reassure your wife that your linux machine will be safe.  The
> article I've linked is a good intro level explanation of the reasons behind
> relative virus vulnerability between windows, linux, and OsX.  It's a few
> years old, but the core still holds.
>                        -Mike
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/

Thanks, Mike. That article has all the words I told her. Now she can see 
it in print. (She did accept the considered opinion of the collected 
PLUG responses on the subject.)

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens





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