Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:21:18 -0400
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No. :)

It is at least in part due to the architecture of Unix and the baggage  
that Windows (eternal) backward compatibility drags along.

Regards,
Spencer

On Oct 13, 2009, at 19:51, Jefffery Smith wrote:

> Is it because every time they upgrade the operating system, you have  
> to buy virus upgrades for them to work?  ;-)       I love the Mac,  
> but some backward compatibility would be nice.
>
In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jefffery Smith) ([Leica] Leica] OT: A pox on all virus and malware writers)