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To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker
You guys gotta see this. Same old anti-Mac, anti-Linux misdirection... all over again.

Microsoft's ramping up the FUD campaign in preparation for the Windows 7 rollout in a month.

I like Win7, and am using it happily, but there's no excuse for this kind of misleading stuff.

3 posted on 09/17/2009 8:20:25 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored

“but there’s no excuse for this kind of misleading stuff. “

There may be some marketing hype but its not misleading.


14 posted on 09/17/2009 9:14:39 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dayglored
It's not misleading at all.

With Apples increased market share, the virus business will shift from PC to Mac as more are online. It's a simple numbers game, and PC'rs have been making this claim since the first virus.

Just a matter of time. And yes, with the introduction of VISTA and now Win7, the built in security has really improved bigtime.

I've often thought about taking my AV program offline as it is not necessary, but should I load a virus, even though it has been rendered useless, I still want a way to manually quarantine it.

28 posted on 09/17/2009 10:42:37 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; Aliska; aristotleman; ...
Charlie Miller is back on his attention seeking soapbox about Mac OSX Security and the lack of system wide Windows Vista like ASLR approach to assuring it, ignoring the steps that Apple HAS taken that accomplish the same level of security with out the performance hit that ASLR requires. PING!


Mac Pre Windows 7 FUD Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

38 posted on 09/17/2009 2:19:25 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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