Re: OT - Computer Stuff

DarkSentinel wrote:
The best advice to give anyone is to research. They need to decide what their needs are and what their skills are, THEN find out what platform best satisfies their needs. Telling someone to get a platform based on your antipathy for another is very dishonest. It's just like we say about us diabetics. What works for you, may not work for me.

Telling someone that a Mac will give him less of a security problem than
anything Microsoft ever did is not dishonest--it's telling the truth.

I believe your Windows systems are reasonably secure, as are mine.
I also believe that you put more work into making them that way
than you put into any other O.S. you may own.

You appear to believe Mac OS is more secure than Windows for
ONLY one reason--that it is a less attractive target. IF you
are correct, what of it? It's still more secure regardless
of the reason.

My belief is that there are at least three reasons:

1. Its smaller numbers make it a less attractive target.

2. Its smaller numbers mean that malware for it can't
spread as easily.

3. Its design means writing malware for it is more difficult.

#1 is a bit suspect, however. Not all bad guys have causing
damage as their sole motivation. Some of it are there for the
notoriety. Some of those would dearly love to be the first guy
to be able to infect a bunch of Macs. None of those have succeeded.

What is the market share of IIS and Apache? Which one gets
hacked more?

But back to the original point. Guy said he wants a secure
system (and he has complained in the past about breaches).
I offered Mac as more likely to give him _that_ specific request
than Windows.



--
Wes Groleau

Is it an on-line compliment to call someone a Net Wit ?
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