[ Thanks to David F.
Skoll for this link. ]
“In an article on vnunet.com, two executives of
anti-virus firms opined that Linux would be the next virus target.
Here are excerpts from the article:“Of course we will see more and more attacks on
Windows, but Linux will be a target because its use is becoming
more widespread,” said Raimond Genes, European president for
antivirus at Trend Micro. “It is a stable OS, but it’s not a secure
OS.”Jack Clarke, European product manager at McAfee, said: “In fact
it’s probably easier to write a virus for Linux because it’s open
source and the code is available. So we will be seeing more Linux
viruses as the OS becomes more common and popular.”I will be charitable and call these statements “myths” or
“misperceptions” rather than other nastier but perhaps more
accurate terms. Let’s examine and debunk the myths.”