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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What is survivorship bias aka gambler's fallacy?

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

I'm not saying Linux is immune, just that people have said that, practically word-for-word, forever.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's not it though. Linux doesn't have a problem with viruses, didn't have it before, doesn't have it now. Predicting that it's going to start right now 20 years in a row isn't a good idea refardless, and pointing it out is a right thing to do.
Which doesn't mean it couldn't really start one day.