SLIGHTLY OT: MS casestudy that's too funny to ignore!

[Spiros Bolis]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Nick Demou wrote:

> Blaster virus. The firm was susceptible because its Linux system had
> no critical updating mechanism or centralized virus protection. The
> virus shut down the company's system for a full workday."""
[..]
> The worm targets only Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines.""")

katse na deis pws legetai... aa. nai.. FUD [1]

pantws den einai h prwth fora poy h microsoft katafeygei se anakribeis
anafores se sxesh me ta toy linux. Endeiktika anaferw th dhthen [2]
anafora toy tote (kai nyn?) dieythynonta symboyloy ths microsoft se
meleth ths IDC symfwna me thn opoia "τα Windows είναι το λιγότερο ευάλωτο
λειτουργικό στον τομέα της ασφάλειας"

Poios tha katsei na epibebaiwsei twra an ayta poy diabazeis se site
megalwn kai edraiwmenwn etaireiwn antapokrinontai 'h oxi sthn
pragmatikothta ektos apo emas? mallon kaneis ki ekei pontaroyn.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD
1. http://old.hellug.gr/hellug/anakoinwseis/deltio.html