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To: Bush2000
Windows users have spent literally billions of man-hours on security problems - a disgusting waste of time, money and productivity.

Here is the current situation -

Windows worms, viruses and spyware: 70,000+.

Mac OS X worms, viruses and spyware: near zero.

6 posted on 01/16/2005 12:55:18 PM PST by HAL9000 (Spreading terrorist beheading propaganda videos is an Act of Treason!)
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To: HAL9000

Let's try to stick to the topic, shall we?


9 posted on 01/16/2005 1:02:34 PM PST by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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To: HAL9000
Mac OS X worms, viruses and spyware market share: near zero.

Fixed it for you.
11 posted on 01/16/2005 1:13:54 PM PST by Bush2000
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To: HAL9000

Why spend time making viruses for an OS that is effectively computer training wheels nobody buys?


40 posted on 01/16/2005 2:09:26 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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To: HAL9000
Mac OS X worms, viruses and spyware: near zero.

Which will change, if Mac ever gets a respectable market share. Even among those who are not religiously motivated (as many anti-MS hackers appear to be), most hackers are smart enough to put their efforts toward the systems that are best able to propagate their work.

With over 90% of the user market, Windows is by far the most desirable target.

But again, we cannot neglect the religious aspects of this: there are those -- and I suspect there are/will be several on this very thread -- whose antipathy toward Microsoft is rather resembles militant Islam.... ;-)

189 posted on 01/18/2005 2:56:23 PM PST by r9etb
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