Re: Why I dumped Linux and Went Back to Windows.

From: Harvey Van Sickle (harvey.news_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:01:45 GMT

On 27 Feb 2005, houghi wrote that Harvey Van Sickle wrote,

-useful comments snipped; taken on board and agreed with....-

>> 4. Although the security is nice, I run a single-user PC and have
>> had only one -- count it -- virus on my Windows set-up (a Word
>> macro, about 6 years ago, in a document from a known source).
>> Being watchful; using non-MS clients for mail, browsing and
>> news, and doing cache- clearing and the occasional scan -- I
>> never find anything -- seems to work OK for me, so the increased
>> security stuff is "nice but not a killer attraction".
>
> My house was never broken into. That does not mean that I can just
> leave the door open and unlocked. What I want to say is that even
> that you think security is not an issue for you, it is. (The same
> goes for Linux users who think they now own a unhackable OS)

No disagreement there, but to clarify, I didn't say security isn't an
issue for me, but rather that the undoubted *increased* security of
Linux -- over and above the padlocks and security procedures I have at
the moment -- isn't a huge consideration which would swing the balance.

-snip more useful comments and observations-
 
> As I read it, there also is no reason to stick with 98, exept for
> the habbit of using it.

Very true, but that just means that for the time being it's even-
stevens: until I'm forced to switch away from 98, there's (so far) no
compelling reason to do so.

That'll certainly change -- the minute it becomes necessary to ditch 98
(which is going to happen sooner rather than later, methinks), it'll
swing the balance in favour of Linux. (That's why I'm preparing myself
now, rather than being forced to switch under pressure.)
 
>> For the time being, it'll probably remain a hobby OS for me, not
>> a default/working one.
>
> Welcome to the dark side, hope you join the rebels soon. :-)

Undoubtedly I will -- -eventually!

(My current task is to try and crack WINE; there are one or two
applications that I really would like to retain if I possibly can.) 

-- 
Cheers,
Harvey

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