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Subject:Re: MS Office 97 Update and UNIX From:"McGowan, Ken (AFS)" <KenM -at- ACCU-FAB -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:59:26 -0700
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From: Stephen Forrest [SMTP:techwriter -at- IBM -dot- NET]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 1997 8:35 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: MS Office 97 Update
<snipped a lot of useful information on getting a fix for Word97>
<snip>
The more I learn about Unix (I'm installing Linux on the new pooter)
the
less I like Windows and all of its applications. Did you know
Unix/Linux is
apparently immune to viruses?
Ummm...well, not quite. I haven't worked with UNIX for a while, maybe
there are more Windoze viruses than UNIX viruses nowadays, but _no_
operating system is immune to viruses. On a historical note, the
first virus ever written (i.e., the internet worm) was a UNIX virus.
Ken McGowan
KenM -at- afs -dot- com
P.S. I'd just like to echo Mr. Forrest's sentiments regarding
Microsloth's Windoze (NT=Not Tested? No Thanks?). Anyone know how to
set up a dual-boot UNIX/NT system? Email me at kmcgowan -at- peak -dot- org!
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