These are a couple of interesting article posted today. "Apple's Big Virus" in "The Register" no less. Written by the content editor for Symantec's independent online magazine, SecurityFocus, who states that she and most of the SecurityFocus team use Mac OS X to avoid all of the security issues they themselves write about by day:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/21/apples_big_virus/ "Just as Windows users have become accustomed to 140,000 viruses, Apple users have become accustomed to none. It's a major cultural difference that admittedly, sometimes causes Apple users to do stupid things -- and get away with them. It's hard to describe the freedom of using a system with no malware known to have spread. It's liberating." And then there is "Apple Mythology and Desktop Security" by Paul Murphy, a CIO Today columnist (who wrote and published The Unix Guide to Defenestration): http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1211&e=3&u=/nf/20050421/tc_ nf/33272&sid=95609565 "In other words, if security concerns are your most important driver for desktop change, and Microsoft Office compatibility is your most significant barrier, then switching to Macs actually offers you the best of all possible worlds. Microsoft Office on Unix/Risc with a better GUI, longer product life, some cash savings and a performance bonus thrown in." -Mart -------------------------------------- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242
