[Info-vax] Tired of virus and worm issues!! Want to replace my PC with OVMS Workstation. (Needs)

[Tom Linden]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:04:38 -0700, Len Whitwer <len at psds.com> wrote:

> Is there a product or products that will run on OVMS "workstation like
> XP1000" that would
> allow me to dump my Microsoft XP PC and replace it with OVMS??  Don't
> even care
> if it is slower!!!  (Needs)
>
> o Webb browser.
> o E-mail Service "hopefully like outlook"
> o Word and Excel like package
> o Other Misc
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this other than it's a stupid idea??

VMS is so far behind in the type of applications you can enjoy on
Windows, MAc and SUN or Linux.

I have been using Windows (begrudgingly) for over 10 years as my
basic tool for mostly admin purposes and have never had a problem
with worms or viruses.  Why?  Firstly knowning its problems it is
never exposed to the web is not allowed to have a routable IP.  The
VMS cluster has both routable and non-routable IPs (10.x.x.x) so only
the VMS nodes have external IPs.  The cisco router does the NATting
and has some simple firewall functions.

I pay for a service from Hungary, AVG  (partly funded by Intel) which
is the virus checker and runs a daily scan and does a pretty good job
of staying current and quarantining suspect files.

I have been lustily eyeing the new MACs and may switch to the that but will
still need VMWare to run windows as I have all my correspondence an the
like going back to late 90s

But for mail I plan to move everything over to SOYmail under WASD on VMS,
just haven't figured out how to move the Outlook files.


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