I run XP on my home network. Guess what, I didn't get MyDoomed. Why not? I use the latest software from Uncle Bill. Further, I can't understand why others have trouble. It might be that, like many of the Linux crowd, I spent money to secure myself. Yes, sports fans that was one of the points of the article.

As to the idea that one can run an old 486 as a router with Linux is a good use of old hardware and I do similar tricks. But, as a former IBM MVS Systems Programmer, I do have knowledge above the casual home user. The key is my BS, MS, and PhD[can] and CISSP training. Unfotunately, the Linux crowd forgets that they too generally have a similar level of training and experience.

I keeping with the spirit of the article, what we need a strategy to help home users and small business networks at-risk. Maybe the Dept of Homeland Security can offer grants to offer such services free of charge.

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