Linux vs. Windows Viruses

[cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org]

> From http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article09-115
> 
> Is Windows a Virus?
> 
> No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:
> 
>     * They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that. 
> 
>     * Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as
> they do so - okay, Windows does that. 
> 
>     * Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay,
> Windows does that too. 
> 
>     * Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with
> valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too. 
> 
>     * Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too
> slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows,
> 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.

That makes me feel old.

I saw that on the wall at the office back in 1993.
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