This seems right. Looks like Macs have about 20% of the US consumer share: http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/10/20/study-mac-claims-20-percent-us-consumer-market-share/
<http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/10/20/study-mac-claims-20-percent-us-consumer-market-share/>But the corporate share is much lower (don't have a # for this). Here is some market share info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems Apple OWNS the high end: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems> http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Apple-has-91-of-market-for-1000-PCs-says-NPD/1248313624 Macs big for college students: <http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Apple-has-91-of-market-for-1000-PCs-says-NPD/1248313624> http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/07/big-macs-on-campus/ Anecdotally, it seems mac laptops have about 50% of the market share for people who hang out in coffee shops :) Anecdotally, I see big usage for startups but rarely see in big corps. 2011/3/16 Kevin Wright <[email protected]> > > > 2011/3/16 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> 6% of a gigantic number is still a gigantic number. Why are there 0 worms? >>> Also, where is your 6% number from? >>> >> >> I stand corrected, it seems to be more around 10-11% thanks to the iPad >> sales<http://www.winsupersite.com/blogs/tabid/3256/entryid/76068/Mac-Market-Share-4-42-in-Q4-2010-4-13-for-CY-2010.aspx>. >> Still not enough to attract hackers' attention, IMO. >> >> >> >>> No I did not. Neither you nor I nor anyone else here has come up with any >>>> reasonable argument or link to research to show that mac users are more or >>>> less security conscious than anyone else. However, Steve Jobs is certainly >>>> attempting to sell that idea that as a mac user you don't have to be >>>> security conscious, which is an interesting but otherwise irrelevant >>>> sidenote to this discussion. Why do you say that mac users are "usually >>>> more >>>> security savvy"? >>>> >>> >> Fine, let's ignore this, it doesn't change anything to my overall point. >> 100% of 10% is still a tiny fraction of what you can get out of a Windows >> virus. >> >> >> >>> One easy way to get your group's name in newspapers of note is to cause a >>> minor storm in a teacup by releasing the first mac 'virus' (that's what the >>> media is likely going to call it, anyways). >>> >> >> Doubtful since the first Mac virus seems to have been identified in >> 2006<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12537279/ns/technology_and_science-security/> >> . >> >> And it made such big headlines that you don't even seem to have noticed >> back then (neither did I, I had to look it up). >> >> Someone coming up with another Mac OS virus will probably be hardly worth >> a 140 character mention on Twitter. And by the way, the latest to date is >> from >> yesterday<http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html>(Adobe, >> of course). >> >> >> For proof, I could just point at the _ridiculous_ amount of brainspace >>> dedicated by the blogosphere by anything apple has ever done in the past 2 >>> years, including the java posse which continues to pad the podcast by at >>> least 10 minutes of discussion if Steve Jobs's turtleneck is 5 millimeters >>> out of balance. >>> >> >> I certainly agree with that, I facepalmed in real life last time the >> 'Posse spent a few minutes discussing the announcement of the announcement >> of the iPad 2. >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> > > The important question here isn't "what proportion of machines run OS-X", > it's "If I manage to infect one machine, what others will it be connected to > for purposes of spreading" > > Windows tends to be used heavily in big corps, so if you get one infection > then you're sorted - surrounded by a big juicy monoculture of machines, all > likely to be running with the same a/v software and patches. > > Outside of some small companies (most notably those in media/design), most > Apple systems seem to be privately purchased, or bought for individuals > higher up in the corporate hierarchy, so they'll be loosely scattered and > much less likely to find a viable infection vector. > > These things spread exponentially, so if OS-X only represents 10% of the > ecosystem then it'll suffer 10x fewer infections in the first generation, > 100x in the second, and 1000x in the third. At the end of the day, OS-X > exploits have been written, but the conditions just weren't right for them > to take hold. > > That's why we don't see so many Apple infections. Maybe the system *is* > inherently more secure, but that's not the important factor. Any study of > epidemiology will focus on overall systems, not just individuals. > Interestingly, it's also why attacks on routers seem to be effective - not > because any given model has a dominant market penetration, but because > they're all highly connected. > > > > >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > gtalk / msn : [email protected] > <[email protected]>mail: [email protected] > vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright > quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright > twitter: @thecoda > > "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not > regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current > conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of > the ledger" ~ Dijkstra > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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