>Mac and Linux aren't really all ***THAT*** much more secure, but >(theoretically) easier to harden. I think that the OS theory is very >valid. Microsoft is already virtually irrelevant in the mobile realm, >attacking the OS is the next logical step. > >Also, I wonder how much of this is connected to the pullout from China, >since that was a security related thing too... > >-Cameron >
In some ways (not all ways) anything based on Unix is massively more secure than Windows. Remember Unix (and by extension it's descendants OSX and Linux) was designed as multiuser system from the ground up. Multiuser in Windows is an afterthought. Ditto for networking. Plus most of the crackers out there know way more ways into a Windows system than a *nix system. I'm a Linux geek and therefore probably biased, but I don't hate Windows. I'd just rather use Linux given the choice. Odds are I'll probably never do more than tinker with Google OS. I still think a cloud based office suite is just a bad idea, so the web browser is never going to be my whole OS. As for the security thing, yeah the China thing is supposedly what set it off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
