worms/viruses on linux

[David Pastern <david@scsenterprises.com.au>]

For those that don't subscribe to slashdot news, an interesting article that
I found (doesn't necessarily related to Debian linux, but does to linux in
general) : 

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/15/1513255

This makes it imperative to patch systems with security patches asap.  If
i'm under the understanding, virus/worms have been on an increase in the
past 6-12 months on Linux systems.  Do people think this is because of the
more widespread usage of LInux now, or something more sinister (like
Microsoft deliberately writing viruses to attack Linux - I know that sounds
paranoid, but microsoft is a dirty player and uses any tricks in the books
to get market share...)...food for thought methinks.

Dave