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Thu, 10/07/2008 - 00:26 — Anonymous

In Windows defense, sort of.

Okay, first and foremost- Windows is without question the easiest and most familiar operating system available- and it's been that way for over 10 years now. (honestly, most people really don't have a clue what the hell they are doing with OSX when they try and use it)

Additionally, while Windows is the most widely used operating system- it is also the biggest, most supported, and versatile development platform. Thus you can make all kinds of things run on it / communicate with it, without having to completely engineer some embedded system that can only accomplish a single task. (That kind of thing is expensive btw...)

Lastly, not really in 'defense' of Windows- but bottom line, no excuses: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER that critical infrastructure should EVER interface with a public network. Our power grids and oil pipelines, etc... should generally be safe from virii / malicious users, as long as we are serious about restricting access to such systems...

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