> From: "Rosie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] Are IE and Outlook safer on the Mac? > Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 07:26:54 -0600 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:45 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Subject: Re: [PCI] Are IE and Outlook safer on the Mac? > > > My reply follows quote. On 1/1/05, at 11:00 -0700, X wrote: >> Is there any doubt left that it is Microsoft's corporate culture that's >> at fault here? > > Getting perilously close to a nanny-closed topic. > > I wish you would it's very clear that neither myself nor the other party is > going to budge on this topic or what we believe. That rant was so far out of > left field I didn't even know what to make of it. Most of what he stated is > simply a big numbers game based on half truths and spin doctoring. I'll > gladly take it off list and try to explain large number theory and > statistical probability to other party in question. > > 1)For he's totally off base > A)The evil empire from Redmond has been very successful in marketing it's > Office Software for OS X. > B)The nice folks in Redmond happen to own a pretty sizable block of Apple > stock. > C)In summation Bill Gates cares about one thing the all mighty dollar. > > I happen to think being a less than attractive target is a good thing from a > security standpoint. :) Might be the main reason I seldom to never web surf > with my PC or even a Mac that has OS X installed. My primary web surfing > beast is a 6400/200 with a hefty ram(80meg in the slots) and drive (6gig) > upgrade so it can run 9.1... Because the chances of someone bothering to > write malware that could effect that hardware OS combo are pretty close to > non existent. Why should I put any of my newer and faster machines into the > line of fire when that little beastie not only does that task it does it > very well. > > I've used Mac's and PC's with their "native OS" as well as Linux compiled > for 68K/x86/PPC for the better part of 20 years now. In my opinion all those > platforms have strong and weak points but that's another topic entirely.
A few comments if I may: 80 MB is not "a hefty" amount of RAM, I give IE about that for itself. "I wish you would it's very clear that neither myself nor the other party is going to budge on this topic or what we believe". How clear is this? It would be sad if true. Views are amenable to reason if the views are based on reasons. Yes, it is certainly a thought to have a machine just for online and other machines with valuable stuff for working off-line and safe. I'm a bit tempted myself re the PC I sometimes use. But on the main machine I work in 9.1 and have no trouble. The problem would be the inconvenience of transferring stuff from the internet (and these days, so much is gotten and transacted this way) to the isolated machines. To do the transfer (eg. a program or text file or pdf or whatever) one would need to check it for nasties anyway, thus partly spoiling the advantage and raising the worry. For one-way transfers from the off-line to the on-line machine (via CD or zips), this would be only a minor inconvenience. Now, something a little more controversial. May I say I enjoy Bruce's passionate remarks on Microsoft. What is distasteful is the mindless knocking of MS by some. Whatever you think about Bruce's views, they are not mindless, he always gives reasons and arguments and background. And while being so daring, may I say that in comparison to some recent postings which have so outrageously failed to edit the quoting, a post with a bit of actual guts should be welcomed. When I become king, Bruce will have a special dispensation to say whatever he likes in whatever forum he chooses. Others will be tortured terribly for not editing even a small grammatical particle... :) David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
