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tlarkin · 01-12-2008, 08:13 PM

Linux also has very powerful commands like du, grep, awk, etc that allow a user/admin to take advantage of them and help control the system. Everything can be scripted as well to automate the process.

Also, windows has a crap ton of vrisues.

Known self propagating viruses for Linux/OS X = 0 (with the proof of concept)

Known viruses for windows = 100s of thousands.

The military just switched over to some Macs for security reasons, because they are more secure. There is a virus that has infected 100s of thousands of windows PCs You never hear of that with any other OS. The fact remains that windows by design is, bloated, a resource hog, not secure, and is ultimately the worst OS out there when you take everything into consideration. It is easy to use, and MS makes way better server products than their desktop OS. There is a market shift starting to happen and in 5 to 10 years from now I think that Macintosh and Linux will have a bigger market share.

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,056	Linux also has very powerful commands like du, grep, awk, etc that allow a user/admin to take advantage of them and help control the system. Everything can be scripted as well to automate the process. Also, windows has a crap ton of vrisues. Known self propagating viruses for Linux/OS X = 0 (with the proof of concept) Known viruses for windows = 100s of thousands. The military just switched over to some Macs for security reasons, because they are more secure. There is a virus that has infected 100s of thousands of windows PCs You never hear of that with any other OS. The fact remains that windows by design is, bloated, a resource hog, not secure, and is ultimately the worst OS out there when you take everything into consideration. It is easy to use, and MS makes way better server products than their desktop OS. There is a market shift starting to happen and in 5 to 10 years from now I think that Macintosh and Linux will have a bigger market share.