On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The tech note is badly written and poorly thought out. Apple was right to > delete it. > > The problem is that this is a tough question to answer, liability wise. > The right answer is that Macs do not need antivirus software. But in a > commercial setting, anyone providing such advice is taking on a potential > liability. > > It is one of those "Black Swan Theory" situations > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory). You can't live your > life believing in every potential black swan, but now and again you will > encounter one. > It could be a talisman against the zombie horde. You can carry one but it probably never needs to be used but you have it just in case. If the zombies do attack you have done something to prevent them from harming your network. > > > >After reading the technote Andy posted and then this from John D, where he > >says 'they should not all get the same one.' They and All who? All the > mac > >users? I thought the same thing actually as John had heard it > >described...but actually looking at it, how would *all* the mac users end > up > >with the same anti virus anyway? Apple was therefore advising users to > get > >several different AV products for each machine. > I think that the note was intended to be read as it reads. If you are in charge of IT in a Mac house you should use a mix of the AV products on your machines. One per machine but not all the same.. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
