>>> blutgens at sistina.com 07/03/01 09:10AM >>> >>On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 11:02:50PM -0500, Greg Rolling wrote: >>If the nature of a virus is to prohibit users from productivity, which >>OS is more viral in nature? Linux or Windows? >It's not the software that's viral, it's the license. That is a matter of opinion. ;-) >The term "viral" is synonymous with infectious. viral - caused by a virus. virus - venom, poison, causative agent of an infectious disease. infectious - causing infection. infection - establishment of a pathogen in its host, affecting injury. But I think they would really like to infer: contagious - communicable by contact. contagion - a contagious disease, poison. plague - epidemic disease, calamity, disastrous evil. But I guess we will have to wait for that, probably reserved for a later stage: "The GPL is a plague of locusts" - Bill "The GPL will blot out the sun" - Steve "The GPL will kill your first born son" - Craig