Amazingly dumb remark about Linux

[Octavian Rasnita]

Ha ha, of course I don't like to have viruses, but I want viruses to exist.
There are a lot of bad guys there. Maybe girls also?
And all these guys want to make bad things, of course. They don't want to
make viruses for  only a few Linux users. They want to make viruses for
millions of Windows users.
I think this is the main reason.
Maybe a virus for Linux is harder to write than for Windows, I don't know,
but I don't think it is impossible.

So I would like to exist viruses because this means a lot of Linux users,
but a lot of Linux games also helps, and maybe more.


Teddy,
orasnita at home.ro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> I agree with what you say. However, if I understand you correctly, why do
you want viruses for Linux to exist?
> Greg
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:39:38AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> > Yes, of course it means discrimination.
> > Microsoft pays a lot of money and makes a lot of lobby, not only in USA,
but
> > in some other countries where this "lobby" is illegal.
> > They give free computers and software to high schools and provide free
> > manuals.
> > They also offer some benefits to the teachers to make them like teaching
> > Microsoft's products.
> >
> > Why should someone bother to teach Linux for free with no benefits.
> >
> > This is now, but after more years, those kids will know only Microsoft's
> > products, and this is what they will choose.
> >
> > I hope Linux will be more friendly one day, and I hope it will beat
Windows,
> > but for this to happen, I hope it will appear more games for Linux, more
> > viruses, software that it is not open source, pirated software, etc.
> >
> > This means that a lot of people are interested in it.
> >
> > Now, why to import an excel spreadsheet into another applications that
> > nobody knows to use it?
> > Let's say a guy knows to use the spreadsheets under Linux very well. How
> > many companies do you think it will employ him?
> > Most of the companies won't employ him, because they know that they will
> > need to install Linux, and the other employees don't know to use it
> > And Linux is harder to learn and that company don't want to spend a lot
of
> > time, so to get a job, that guy needs to learn what most of the people
use.
> > And that is Windows.
> >
> > Teddy,
> > orasnita at home.ro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter at valkyrie.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:40 AM
> > Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux
> >
> >
> > > I think the best approach to tell them was did they know you can
import
> > Word
> > > and Excel 2000 documents in Star Office 6.0 with Star Writer and
Starcalc?
> > > Oh, and then of course resave them in Microtrash format when done
editing
> > > it. Shows stupidity. However, they do have a point there.
> > > Every college I've went into as a class requirement you must use MS
Word,
> > MS
> > > Excel, MS access or they flunk you. sounds like descrimination to me.
Why
> > > not Wordperfect, Quatro pro, Star Writer, etc?
> > >
> > >
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