[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Bob Koehler]

In article <nr6r85$3u6$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy at gfsys.co.uk> writes:
> On 09/12/16 14:32, Kerry Main wrote:
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>> In addition, most mainframe types will not likely jump on any OS platform running on X86-64.
>> Should Power9 be successful, then that platform would be viewed more favorably as a mainframe alternative.
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> Why is that ?. Ignoring other factors, any non X86 architecture
> is inherently more secure that X86, in term of binary virus and
> malware susceptibility. Most of the world's malware depends on X86
> architecture to run at all...

   Most of the world's malware depends on a particulary leaky OS that
   only runs on x86.  Once upon a time, it ran on a few other
   processsors where the OS was equally full of holes.

   There is a trick or two that help an OS provide a secure envronment,
   and x86 may not have them all, but no architecure can overcome bad
   software implementation.