"Tony Hogarty" wrote in message
newsan.2004.12.16.07.35.47.483354@tjhpropertygar bage.co.uk...
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:41:45 +0000, Mike wrote:

I'm sure every other product mentioned here has ten times as many
security
holes. But with so many fewer users, and those that do often have other
security measures in place, it is not worth the idiots who write these
viruses and so on handling them.

No this isn't the case at all. There are alternative OS's around that
were designed from the ground up to be secure and consequently the
programs written for them are so much more secure.

However, it is their relative obscurity that protects them much better than
their relative security. If there were serious money to be made from
breaking them, as there is with MS products, it is unlikely that they would
fare a great deal better.

Colin Bignell