Globe and Mail: Growing Acceptance of Linux Has Dark Side

“The growing acceptance of Linux is good news for fans of the
open-source operating system, but it is not without a dark side. If
the mainstream market pays more attention to Linux, so will people
who write viruses and worms and break into computer systems.

“Microsoft Corp.’s Windows and some popular applications that
run on it have been favourite targets for virus writers in recent
years. That’s especially true of Microsoft’s e-mail software, which
has been square in the sights of most e-mail virus writers for a
couple of years now…”

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