Comment on Bruce Schneier: Chrome OS's Security Claims "Idiotic"parentComments−tybris17y> They mean that their OS will be considerably more resistant to any sort of reasonable malware attack in the foreseeable futureBy the way, that's what Microsoft meant when they released Windows 98... and 98SE and ME, and 2000, and XP, and 2003, and Vista, and 2008, and 7.Pointless claim. Just deliver and we'll see.−blhack17yLinux has had a pretty long history of delivering on that claim...microsoft has not.−tptacek17yLinux isn't resistant to malware. It's resistant to users who want point-and-click installation of software downloaded from the web.
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> They mean that their OS will be considerably more resistant to any sort of reasonable malware attack in the foreseeable future
By the way, that's what Microsoft meant when they released Windows 98... and 98SE and ME, and 2000, and XP, and 2003, and Vista, and 2008, and 7.
Pointless claim. Just deliver and we'll see.
Linux has had a pretty long history of delivering on that claim...microsoft has not.
Linux isn't resistant to malware. It's resistant to users who want point-and-click installation of software downloaded from the web.