Is Windows a Virus? (Humor)

Julio gutierrej001 at hawaii.rr.com
Tue May 29 19:11:26 PDT 2001


If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing!



 Is Windows a Virus?
 
 No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:
 
 1.They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.
 
> 2.Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system
> as they do so - okay, Windows does that.
> 
> 3.Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay,
> Windows does that too.
> 
> 4.Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with
> valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.
> 
> 5.Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system
> is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup,
> Windows does that, too.
> 
> Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental
> differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are
> running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact
> and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they
> mature.
> 
> So Windows is not a virus.
> 
> It's a bug.



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