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To: Salo

The only thing which has kept Mac OS X relatively safe up until now is the fact that the market share is significantly lower than that of Microsoft Windows or the more common UNIX platforms.…

Mac OS X is *nix

7 posted on 01/26/2006 3:39:20 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Trust in the YHvH for ever, for the LORD, YHvH is the Rock eternal. (Isaiah 26:4))

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To: XeniaSt

"Mac OS X is *nix"

Bingo. Mac is BSD. Mac has been safe for 2 reasons, small market share, and proprietary hardware. Now that OS X will run on Intel, and Mac seems to be gaining in market share, they will become a more attractive target.

However, the Mac zealots will point out, correctly, that for some time to come you'll still be safer on a Mac.

12 posted on 01/26/2006 3:47:12 PM PST by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)

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To: XeniaSt

Mac OS X is *nix

It is based on BSD Unix which was designed for DARPA
in the late 70s & 80s to be hack proof.

14 posted on 01/26/2006 3:56:40 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Trust in YHvH for ever, for the LORD, YHvH is the Rock eternal. (Isaiah 26:4))

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