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  3. January 2007

Re: How Secure is Windows, Really?

Another factor: Do virus writers make much money? If a virus writer takes the time to learn how to write a World's-Best OS/5 virus, would he then be knowledgeable enough to choose to get a great paying real job? 

David Gibbs wrote:

Jim Franz wrote:

The number of virus writers that know OS400 is pretty small, the number
of those that know BPCS, is probably even smaller.

the number that know sql is huge...
the number that know qshell  is big


Right ... but to do damage with a goal, you need to know the
application.  Knowing SQL doesn't tell you where the BPCS AP files are
(so you could, theoretically, cut yourself a check).

Doing something without knowledge of the application is just vandalism.
 Vandalism isn't enough of a enticement for a virus writer to try and
attack a companies iBox.

JMHO, of course.

david

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