3 Votes
OS or User
I’m on the fence with this one. In my mind, an OS has to be hacked without human help to really discredit the OS. For example if I turn on file sharing and you are able to take over my system, that’s on the OS as it was only supposed to share files. However, if a user downloads something, acknowledges it, and then installs it, it’s really on that person. Especially if the thing came from a porn/shady source.
It’d be like blaming an OS after you went to trojanvirus.com and unknowingly installed a virus. Ultimately, any OS will do what the user says, no matter how dumb.
RE: OS or User by VnutZ
You know … I’ve never been a fan of "users" … they were the cause of most of the bugs in my computer science courses. I always liked documenting "assuming an intelligent user" as my error handling technique.
RE: OS or User by smcbride
I’ll have you know, I resemble that remark Mister! I have the HAL 9000 OS. Just as a matter of fact, I can’t turn the damn thing off. I bought it used from a old N.A.S.A. employee, listen to this, he says this thing can read lips, yea right. One of these days, I have to install the optional modules the old man gave me, but for now it’s been one hell of a odyssey! Still beats the heck out of my old Packard Bell. Got to go, HAL is calling me, something about true reason for mission to Jupiter, he such a "Daisy Bell".