What do you think of Apple now?
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Originally Posted by jedwards,May 27 2005, 05:21 PM
Pishah to earlier malware post too. Fewer I'd agree but nothing close to 'none'.
And the only reason is that Apple is a 'fringe market' of 'fringe users' too.
(I'm making myself laugh typing this)
And the only reason is that Apple is a 'fringe market' of 'fringe users' too.
(I'm making myself laugh typing this)
ware ,etc. Can ANY windoze users say this? 
What is wrong with security through obscurity?
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Originally Posted by mikes2k,May 27 2005, 02:25 PM
<---Apple user ONLY since 1986 NEVER a virus or malware/ware ,etc. Can ANY windoze users say this?
What is wrong with security through obscurity?
ware ,etc. Can ANY windoze users say this? What is wrong with security through obscurity?
No changing the subject. 
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Security through obscurity. Surprisingly, this is an argument that I used to hear several years ago. "Oh, well, I really want to use Linux because the crackers don't think it's important enough to make a target out of."
I think Linux has lots of security updates these days. At least when I was working with SuSE a few months ago I was seeing them published daily.
Anyway, it's a sign of flattery that an OS has to worry about security. We should all be grateful to Microsoft -- long as it took -- that we're not running DOS-based Windows systems anymore. Now THAT would've been a humongous disaster for the web generation.
I think Linux has lots of security updates these days. At least when I was working with SuSE a few months ago I was seeing them published daily.
Anyway, it's a sign of flattery that an OS has to worry about security. We should all be grateful to Microsoft -- long as it took -- that we're not running DOS-based Windows systems anymore. Now THAT would've been a humongous disaster for the web generation.
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Some excellent switching propaganda here. 
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1098
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1098
There are several reasons that channel partners hear related to why PC users move to Mac, but the key reason is system stability/security." An approximate 70% of Apple specialists in the PiperJaffray study said PC-to-Mac switchers are making the move primarily because of concerns and annoyances related to stability and security of the Wintel platform.