From: Mike Ryan (mike94109_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 10:31:07 EDT
--- Lee Laniear <laniear_at_attglobal.net> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Even if it were true that a "Micro$oft" virus
> couldn't affect an OS/2 system there are, as you
> know, other viruses (viri) in existence. The
> instances of OS/2 systems being affected by a virus
> is rare but it happens. I know of two people who
> have had that happen.
Hearsay and only hearsay. I live within the world of
OS/2 and no one has ever reported being infected by
an OS/2 virus. OTOH, it is the Microsoft user who has
to pay through the nose via anti-viral programs and
continuous updates for the poor design and lack of
security of Microsoft products.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=528&ncid=528&e=15&u=/ap/20021014/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_ad
The story and true identity of the the M$ PR person is
here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27595.html
Note this, as admitted by Microsoft: Microsoft is
able to track every single document or excel sheet
back to its original creator computer.
> I don't keep an extra set of tires on my car but I
> DO keep one extra tire in my trunk; in case I run
> over a nail.
Standard item. We all have them.
> I even carry "jumper cables" in my car even though I
> haven't had a dead battery in any car I've owned in
> fourteen years. I have a disk drive in one of my
> servers that has worked everyday for the last 13
> years (it will
> be put out to pasture on Thursday) but I still take
> a backup of it and all my other systems every week.
I'm still holding client files and data generated from
1992. Hell, I'm still running the IBMWorks package
that came with the original OS/2 v3.0 package along
with a long list of legacy applications and all work
today, some ten years later. When a new machine is
needed that hard disk is backed up and carried
forward. I don't have to defrag it.
> I
> would feel pretty stupid if I lost all my data (some
> going back twelve years) because I decided not to
> protect
> against a low probability event.
And you probably worry about Haley's comet hitting
earth in your lifetime. What can I say? It is your
money and time.
> Good to hear that the Giants made it, I will enjoy
> watching the Angels (with the help of the "rallye
> Monkey") kick their butts.
LOL! SF won the Pennant and I'm pleased as punch.
We weren't even considered a contender two months
ago and today we own it. Look for me at PacBell
Park next week! :-)
=====
Mike
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