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

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