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From:G.A.Griggs
Date:27 Apr 2001 at 21:23:17
Subject:Re: Have I got a PC

Oh my god Captain Alan the've just fired anti-shipper missiles at Re: [amigactive] Re: Have I got a PC

>AB 2) a VB virus wouldnt work on the Amiga.... we dotn HAVE VisualBasic. we
>AB dont have any programs that run VB

Why is everyone hooked on VisualBasic I talking about BASIC as in the core
commands you find in every version Blitz/Hi-soft/Spectrum etc. Commands like
Print,Input,Format

Now take a program that begins
Format Misc:

Some poor miggy owner comes along gets said program and runs it as a Dos
script whats going to happen its late at night and he's been on the pop.

>AB 30 the main argument is that, stupidly, MS has huge holes in its OS and
>AB applications that allow, BY DEFAULT, a 3rd-arty program to autorun and
>AB do whatever it wants with the SYSTEM files, and user files. a crime in
>AB itself! (but, apparently, the users want 'ease of use')

Exscuse me but don't programs like Aweb and Yam allow you to run dos/arrex
scripts please explain the differance.

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