time mag on sobig.f and msblaster

[Peter Nuttall <pnu@ukfsn.org>]

Hi everyone

I didn't notice either of the two viruses (note: viruses not virii, viri or 
even viria) much. Just the odd email can with it and it did not do much to my 
linux system. But still when I opened time this morning I found this article 
of the subject interesting:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030901-477922-2,00.html

this is the first paragraph that a linux user might find interesting:

Security experts are willing to cut Microsoft a lot of slack. In some ways, 
they say, Windows is a victim of its success. if rival operating systems like 
Linux or Mac OS had a 95% market share, the virus writers would be hard at 
work probing them for holes. Whether they would find as many is a different 
question altogether. Linux and, to a lesser extent, Mac OS are open source, 
which means they're subject to constant peer review by engineers and software 
writers all over the world. The energy that goes into finding fault with 
Windows exists in the Linux world too, but it's focused on making the code 
better. To help stave off the competitive threat from Linux, Microsoft 
recently allowed several governments across the world to take a peek at the 
precious Windows source code but is unlikely to go fully open source anytime 
soon.

Perhaps the most amusing part this the suggestion that open-source is the only 
way to go with software.  

pete