On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 06:09, HaywireMac wrote: > "We've all heard it many times when a new Microsoft virus comes out. In > fact, I've heard it a couple of times this week already. Someone on a > mailing list or discussion forum complains about the latest in a long > line of Microsoft email viruses or worms and recommends others consider > Mac OS X or Linux as a somewhat safer computing platform. In response, > another person named, oh, let's call him "Bill," says, basically, "How > ridiculous! The only reason Microsoft software is the target of so many > viruses is because it is so widely used! Why, if Linux or Mac OS X was > as popular as Windows, there would be just as many viruses written for > those platforms!" > > Of course, it's not just "regular folks" on mailing lists who share this > opinion. Businesspeople have expressed similar attitudes ... including > ones who work for anti-virus companies. Jack Clarke, European product > manager at McAfee, said, "So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as the > OS becomes more common and popular." and McAfee kills viri for which O/S ? (follow the money) > > Mr. Clarke is wrong." > > Source: > > http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188
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