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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
