Re: Spyware, viruses etc . . .

[Steve Pelikan <>]

Walt is correct that most of the nasty programs out there are
windows-based. Using a Mac is one way to avoid them, but there are other
alternatives (Linux and other UNIXes, BeOS, etc.) many of which are
available at no cost and run on the intel hardware that windows runs on.

And they really are worth considering; since there's a long tradition of
using unix in academic and engineering settings, there is lots of good
(and free) DSP software available for these OS's.

I'm not trying to start a "my OS is superior" debate at all, just to
follow up on and strongly agree with Walt's important observation that
there are a number of ways you can avoid problems by avoiding windows.


Cheers!

Steve P


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