Re: Not even a Windows fanatic would believe this...

In article <0001HW.BFDC0AEC00534984F0284550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:55:09 -0600, gtr wrote
> (in article <311220050755095787%user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
> > I've always assume that despite Windows flaws what made the mac less
> > inclined to the viruses was the lack of a million monkeys out there
> > working day and night to make malicious code for it.
>
> As I've seen posted by others.....
>
> Wouldn't a virus creator rather be the first to create a Macintosh virus
> rather than be the two-millionth, seven-hundred-thousandth, five-hundredth,
> and sixty-third to create a Windows virus?

Oddly no. They only enjoy making a stink bomb to offend the largest
gathering.

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