| After reading all of this, I wish Commodore hadn't gone out of business, or more correctly, ruined by it's executives. My old Commie 64 was impervious to hackers and viruses, as the OS was hardware based, not software. I'm not a programmer (anything past basic anyway) but I think with Windows being such bloatware the Commodore as it was built would probably fill a room!
As for Microsoft, while Windows IS vulnerable and buggy, it's still HUGE and they can be forgiven for missing a few grains of sand on the beach. Also, the hackers are mostly kids,around 16 or so, I think, and for some reason they seem to adapt to computers faster than any other age group I can think of. I've been using computers in one form or another for almost 20 years and taugh my kid everything I knew, and within a couple of years picked up so much he made me feel like an illiterate fool. :)
But here's a possible solution. Amend the laws to force convicted hackers to do 10 years of work for Microsoft, where they can be put to good use!
Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots. |