On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Casey O'Donnell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. It's the 80:20 rule. If you have to spend the same amount of effort crafting a Windows exploit as a Mac exploit you'd be stupid to write a Mac exploit. When someone, in the context of malware, says the Mac isn't "mainstream" they aren't dissing the Mac platform, they're observing the realities of the installed base. [I'm composing this on a 15" Mac Book Pro fwiw] -- Charles
