[LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the Internet

[Maddog]

It would kill the third party software industry if you couldn't sell easily 
installable software to manipulate pictures, create albums, scrapbook, 
design your next house, etc, ...

It would also kill the "services" industry. Insecure Windows computers keep 
me and my skills in demand and put food on my table, a roof over my family's 
head and cars in the carport. Would it be better for the Internet if there 
were secure computers? Maybe. But it wouldn't be good for an industry that 
makes a living servicing them.

OS's are only as secure as the users that use them.  I think that's a repeat 
of what Tim said. Aside from the obscure OS's Jim reffered too (not to say 
they are not in use, just not widespread), in the real world where billions 
are spent on MS, OS X and *nix's, there is no "secure" installation. It's 
all under attack and is what keeps us all in a positive cash flow.

MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nakashima" <pnakashi at k12.hi.us>
To: "LUAU" <luau at lists.hosef.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the 
Internet


> On Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 01:53  PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> Let's just say, it's not in the interest of anyone in the "services" or 
>> even the "services industry" to have a really secure computing platform.
>
> Hi,
> Non-technical poster here.
> Does the FOSS community have an interest in it?
> Would it be practical for the FOSS community to come up with a stable, 
> secure, "grandpa/grandma" computer system for users who just want to do 
> email and browse the web a bit?
> --Peter
>
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