Re: [ARSCLIST] OS X/Apple (was CEDAR)

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/05/07, D P Ingram wrote:

> On 25 maj 2007, at 19.56, Rob Poretti wrote:
> 
>> But you are right - it's a lot more susceptible then their original  
>> proprietary OS.  There
>> are pros and cons with open-source, but I don't believe many Mac  
>> users would want to go
>> back to pre-Jobs times...
> 
> Potentially more suspetible (popularity, OSes are more advanced) but  
> the problems appear to get fixed a lot quicker, there is still no  
> discernable virus/spyware threat etc etc. And it isn't /just/ due to  
> popularity of the OS...
> 
Apple seem to be quite good at fixing potential security holes. The real
point is that there has not yet been a real-world case of a virus or
similar program spreading among Mac OS X computers.

There certainly were viruses that infected the old Macs.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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