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The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Adobe more attractive than Microsoft for hackers
James Niccolai at Computerworld writes an article reporting that Adobe with Acrobat reader and flash will be the next target for hackers, overtaking Microsoft, for a Mcafee source (full story at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142829/Adobe_will_be_top_target_for_hackers_in_2010_report_says?source=rss_news).
Doesn’t surprise me. Adobe is well spread among users (and less publicized). And especially for flash is a defacto standard and a prerequisite for many sites. And, maybe, is quite easier to hack than other platforms.
Maybe Google OS will be the target in 2012 (when hopefully will reach a maturity and spread wide enough to make the effort meaningfull).
This post as a comment also at http://www.computerworld.com/comments/node/9142829#comment-557465
Again on free software
ozthech at Lockergnome tells us a story on his problems with Open office (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/oztech/2009/07/30/how-openoffice-probably-cost-me-a-job).
I remain on my idea: I really apreciate free software, but the standard is another one and if free software is not 200% compatible with the standard, it makes the alternative a non alternative because of lack of trust.
This post also as a comment at http://www.lockergnome.com/oztech/2009/07/30/how-openoffice-probably-cost-me-a-job/#comment-8057
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