[LINK] Perspective on security! [was: Security efforts hindered by untrained users]
Marghanita da Cruz
marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Feb 1 16:21:33 AEDT 2008
Craig Sanders wrote:
<snip>
> users don't and won't choose unix, any more than they choose Windows.
> they use what comes with their computer, bundled with it. Even Mac
> users don't choose unix, they choose a Mac and it happens to come with
> unix.
>
> not 100% of users, of course, but most of them.
>
> they don't care about the OS. for the most part, they just want email &
> web & basic office apps.
>
> BTW, for those who only need those things (and don't need the latest 3D
> games), they're actually better off with one of the modern Linux distros
> like Ubuntu - it will do everything they need without fuss or hassle.
>
<snip>
There is ofcourse the Zonbu/EEPC (linux/webbased) paradigm shift taking place
right now.
Having had some recent involvement with implementing VoIP it seems we have moved
forward. PCs are now like telephones and telephones like PCs.
Marghanita
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