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Re: [inbox] Re: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Mo nopoly
From: Jim Lane <jimlane () cs toronto edu>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:30:30 -0400
Maybe it takes an "old mainframer" to point this out but it depends on what kind of functional unit you're talking about. I remember the days when, from the users point of view, the computer was a dumb terminal and all the intelligence (and security risk) was safely off in a locked room somewhere. We still had security problems back then but they were a lot easier to deal with. Yet another case where Bill Bates and his like have a lot to answer for. Remind me again why client/server was supposed to have been a good idea? Sigh. -- -- Jim Lane Question authority: Sysadmin, CSLab Amateurs built the Ark, jimlane () cs toronto edu Professionals built the Titanic
I think the point is that most people expect their cars to be operational and do NOT do the maintenance themselves... they DO outsource it to a mechanic. The average user has A LOT less control over their car than their computer. A car is basically a single function unit, point A to point B. Computers never have been nor ever will be that one dimensional. At the most, I think we could hope for users who learn to know better than to try to do the 'maintenance' on their computers themselves.
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