Neil Cherry wrote:

> Yipes Ken, I can't believe you asked this question! ;-)
>
> And I can't believe the responses, they have been well behaved!


Hi Neil,

I'm not sure if you can't believe I asked this because I should know better
(dumb question) or because it might incite a riot? :)

If it was the former, perhaps it was a dumb question, but not to me. I asked
this question since I have never used Linux so I do not have any first-hand
experience with it. I also asked it here because I like the people on the
PICLIST and respect their opinions. I hear a lot of Microsoft bashing and
that Linux is more secure, but as I had said, I rarely hear the person
making that claim back up their statement.

Thanks to everyone's responses, I'm definitely more educated about this
topic.

On another note, I recently attended a Microsoft security seminar to better
educate myself as well. The upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 2
sounds like it will address some security issues, but from what I gathered,
it also sounds like it might break some existing applications because of
this. I was thinking to myself, oh no, does this mean that Microchip's MPLAB
IDE might no longer work? I got the impression from the presenter that I
should approach Windows XP Service Pack 2 with caution. I guess I'll soon
find out. :)

Thanks for your comments Neil.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola

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