On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >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. > > Looks like you did not understand the citation. I see you dragging 10,000 > talismans through life. So burdened with useless talismans that you can't > accomplish anything useful. Nope I got it but it isn't how the the PC indoctrinated IT people think. They need a talisman that makes them feel impervious. Whether or not it is needed. They need to install some sort of AV to show that they are doing something. It is just the placebo effect. > > > >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.. > > That would be really foolish AV on a Mac does no good and there have > been many instances of harm. It would be more effective to just carry a > rabbit's foot. > > To repeat, just because one OS vendor does not have its act together, > does not mean that every other OS has similar problems. > The problem is the people who insist on some sort of AV because they are used to PCs -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
