Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

In article <67sapjF2qabbrU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
	"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
> Point 2 is largely an illusion. Certainly, there are no viruses on 
> mainframes, but there will be once they are opened up to the network; it
is 
> only a matter of time. (No, I don't have mainframe virus writing on my 
> "TODO" list, but it would be an "interesting" exercise... :-)).
> 

I don't agree with any of your conclussions but this is the easiest
target.  There are a lot of systems that have been connected to the
INTERNET since the ARPA and NSFNet days and have never had a virus.
Being on the net does not guarantee virus will just pop up.  Not all
systems are targets for virus writers.  Some systems have inherent
security that makes the kind of attacks  that are so common today 
totally impossible.

bill

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