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Viruses and Market Dominance - Myth or Fact?

Posted by simoniker on from the wash-your-hands-first dept.

rocketjam writes "An article at The Register, authored by Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus, examines the conventional wisdom that if Linux or Mac OS X were as popular as Windows, there would be just as many viruses written for those platforms. Mr. Granneman bluntly says this is wrong, then proceeds to detail the fundamental differences between those OS's and Windows which make Windows an easy and inviting target for virus-writers, as opposed to the Unix-based platforms."

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  1. Re:meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one."
    And they all stink.

    Well, not necessarilly. My girlfriend's asshole smells like flowers. It doesn't taste too bad either.

  2. Re:Unix-based ... by c4ffeine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ooh! Ooh! Free money? Sign me up. I don't have a fax number, but my phone number is (911) 123-4567. Please contact me immediately!

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  3. Re:his worst argument... by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OS X is very easy to work with, Programming wise and user wise.

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