On 2010-04-08 03:08 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
Risks are Risks. How many Toyota owners stopped driving their cars
because of the 'risk' that their gas pedal may stick?
risks are usually not clearly perceived; nonetheless, Toyota has taken a
large sales hit, and in my casual observation i have seen interviews of
people stating they are afraid to drive their Toyotas
On Apr 7, 2010, at 08:34 , steve harley wrote:
i'm sure Mac users have been victims of
cross-site-scripting and other web-based exploits
I'm sure too. How many? for how long?
since these risks are mostly OS-independent, the number is probably
proportional to the number of users of the platform using the web to
manage sensitive info
I suspect maybe a dozen users a
week, and that's without the several programs that most Windows users
have running all the time to try to detect the malware they have
floating around.
i'm just arguing for realism; don't get me wrong, i like using Macs;
i've been a Mac specialist in one sense or another for over twenty
years; it's nice not to worry much about viruses, but there are plenty
of other risks
The use of the term 'is somewhat less' is misleading and prejudicial.
How about throwing in 'is miniscule' compared to Windows.
because it's not miniscule; that's the kind of smugness i actively
discourage
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