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| Subject: | RE: GISList: Cartography and Data Viewer |
| Date: |
08/26/2003 04:55:00 PM |
| From: |
Dimitri Rotow |
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> Dimitri Rotow <dar@manifold.net> wrote:
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> "Last week's events show how unreliable web services
> are under the stress of even a single virus."
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> How unreliable web services are? How about how
> unreliable Microsoft's operating system is - ya know,
> that company you drool over in 90% of your emails?
> Yes the masses use it (oh no, there is no monopoly
> here), and yes this company has more holes in it's
> various software packages than swiss cheese. How many
> viruses do you read about with Apple?
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I'll try to keep it simple so as not to baffle the easily confused with
elementary arithmetic. When 94% of the computers used by humans are running
Microsoft operating systems, software writers who desire to have their
software widely used (whether they write GIS software or viruses) will write
for Windows operating systems.
Considering that Apple has less than 3% share of the computers used by
humans, I think it is obvious why virus writers don't bother to target
Apple.
> Once again Dimitri you talk outta both sides of your
> mouth. You goo goo over Microsoft, but then you
> chastise a system that allows viruses (i.e.
> Microsoft). I belive the phrase I'm looking for here
> is "windbag"
>
I see your familiarity with operating systems is no better than your
arithmetic skills. By almost any metric (bugs per line of code, per
function, etc.) Microsoft operating systems are far cleaner than
alternatives. Dive deep into the Linux threads, for example, and you will
see numerous bugs for what is a much, much smaller OS (in terms of lines of
code, functions, etc) than, say, Windows 2003. On a pro-rata basis,
Microsoft does a better job than most. It is simply the wide popularity of
its products that get them more attention than less-used products.
By the way, I didn't chastise a system that allows viruses (I guess you need
to sharpen your reading skills as well...) I chastised the foolishness of
people who act as if viruses are not a fact of life by relying upon web
services.
> Btw, any chance for a full disclosure on how many
> shares of Microsoft you own?
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Is that a note of envy I detect? Not as many shares as I wished I owned!
:-) At $26 a share or so it is ripe for buying. The last time I bought
into a Microsoft bottom I made tons of money... nothing like getting Bill
Gates in harness to make one lots of money.
Regards to all,
Dimitri
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