On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't the lack of mainstream use the main reason Apple and Linux don't see > as many attacks? Therefore, if all of Google were on Apple and Linux, I > guess there is enough reason for a hacker to build up his skills on those > OSes?
I've never really been partial to this line of reasoning. It also has something to do with underlying technologies right? The combination of VB and MS Office scripting has a lot to do with why Outlook email viruses were so initially prevalent on Windows. That goes beyond the prevalence of MS Office and Windows. It speaks to some underlying philosophy at work within Windows as well. Furthermore, I think the argument simply doesn't hold water any more, given the much more widespread use of OS X now compared to a few years ago. To say that OS X isn't in "mainstream use" just doesn't make sense to me. Casey
