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Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market
- CWuestefeld 18y agoFUD? Ahem: "a safe, virus free environment without having to run expensive anti-virus software that slows PCs down" This is misleading. While Ubuntu-targeted viruses are exceedingly rare, there's far more to safety than this. There are plenty of vulnerabilities due to the software running on the OS. A cursory search turns up a list (http://preview.tinyurl.com/dzaq6x http://preview.tinyurl.com/dzaq6x ), including Firefox vulnerabilities like this: http://www.doecirc.energy.gov/ciac/bulletins/t-092.shtml http://www.doecirc.energy.gov/ciac/bulletins/t-092.shtml It may be that Ubuntu offers superior safety, but hyperbole like this article presents is only going to turn off any skeptic that's not already in the Linux camp.
- halo 18y agoIf Apple can do it in their hugely successful Mac vs. PC ads, I see no reason why Canonical can't deal in the same hyperbole themselves. Apple's posturing hardly turned off people from buying Macs.
- intellectronica 18y agoIn practice, this sentence is very correct. Windows installations become infected with malware as soon as you connect them to the net. An Ubuntu installation is usually safe, as long as you update it regularly. FUD is when you announce false things or exaggerate negligible details in order to make your competition look worse. I don't think that there's any user of windows who wouldn't agree that combating malware is a core experience of running windows.