Medium Flame:Re: fPCGI vs. Windows 2003 ==>> bottom post

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004, Ward Griffiths wrote:
>On Monday 07 June 2004 09:38 pm, Fairlight wrote:
>
>> This is like trying to hold fP-Tech or the fP community responsible
>> for the development decisions of RH, SCO, Apache, etc.  It's just not
>> their problem, and no amount of testing they could have done would
>> -fix- the fact that Mickeysoft managed to break their own software
>> again.  All they could do is put a warning out.  M$ needs to fix it.
>
>M$ simply needs to be fixed.  By a veterinarian, not a mechanic.

This link cites a study that says 80% of current spam comes from zombified
Windows machines, and I've heard from a very reputable source that this
number is 89% at a MAJOR us ISP.

	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/

When we started selling our InterRack(rg) systems in late 1994, I told
people that we would only install Unix systems on the Internet, and that
putting Microsoft systems on the 'Net was a recipe for disaster.  Ten years
later, I think I've been proven right.

Bill
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