Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: JRE older installs - Windows - nowonline- no need for Oracleaccount

On 9/3/2011 4:47 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> No, that is the point i am disagreeing with.  If Gnu&Linux, Bsd and other 
> Unix-based OSes were equally vulnerable then we would see a lot more servers 
> being compromised.  Affecting several thousand servers would have a vastly 
> higher impact then affecting that many desktops wouldn't it?  So, why bother 
> with desktops if servers are just as vulnerable?  For the same effort more data 
> could be collected and more disruption could be caused by aiming at servers.  So 
> why bother with creating malware for desktops at all?  When not just target 
> servers?  
>
>
> Compare with other sorts of crime.  Imagine no corporate crime, no fraud, no 
> scams just about 50%-20% of everyone  getting mugged for loose change on the way 
> home a couple of times a year.  It's low hanging fruit but just not worth the 
> investment of time and effort so people go for bigger targets to get more cash.  
> Why doesn't this happen with malware?  Why not several thousand servers instead 
> of just desktops?
> Regards from
> Tom :)

Good point. It is the pompous A$$ types, ten feet tall and bulletproof,
that annoy me.


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  David

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