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PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure
Suki writes "In this recent story a PC Mag writer concludes that "Panther and Jaguar were not better at outrunning vulnerabilities than Windows" and as my personal fav. ends by asking "How cocky are you feeling now, Mac elite? Hmm. Suddenly it's gotten pretty quiet around here." The article discusses many previous Windows security holes against a recent Mac OS X security flaw."
We do not want to encourage behavior like this, do we? Reading the article, sheesh, what's next, checking for duplicates before posting?
Sigs for Nerds. Sigs that Matter.
It's about time Apple did something about the POS security in OS X!
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
That's the sound of no one caring what you think, Lance.
A series of what ifs, followed by the reaction of imaginary mac fields that exist only in Lance's head.
And the whole "Macs don't suffer viruses because there's so few" myth was dead and buried long ago. Sheesh. Who cares? If Lance is happy with his bloated, cheerless, abominable bugfest of an OS, more power to him.
And now, Obligatory Car Analogy: it's like Lance is sitting by the side of the road with his Chevy Vega that just flew to pieces for the fifth time that week, and he's pointing at the Lexus that just sped by because it had a defective radio knob that just fell off.
--- Ban humanity.
An e-mail address! Quick, send him an Outlook virus!
How cocky are you feeling now, Mac elite? Hmm. Suddenly it's gotten pretty quiet around here.
I think you can add Lance Ulanoff to the list of things that are "insecure".
Quick, send him an Outlook virus!
I think I already did.
The ______ Agenda
Shouldn't that be:
Stuck in the middle with GNU..?
Because of the hundreds of holes in Windows some attacker can compromise a Windows server in the local subnet and then use it to spoof the DHCP servers to gain access to the Mac.
"How cocky are you feeling now, Mac elite?"....Aha! At least they are now recognising that we are an elite! ;-)
"This is crazy, you realise we could all go to jail for this?" - my manager, somewhere I used to work.
I'm using Windows...I don't feel like I have to defend myself...I'm not being attacked.
Umm... you are aware that this is Slashdot, right?
Overcaffeinated. Angry geeks.
But even back then, I had this gnawing suspicion that 18-month software development cycles could somehow hurt the platform. Before the tide really turned, however, I switched to PCs. I had joined PC Magazine, and the editorial staff used them.
That's the Mac's problem! He has nailed it! Apple develops new and vastly improved features (in the range of 150+) - basically an overhaul of the operating system - every 18 months. Rather than this whole OS X thing, they should have just created a new theme for OS 9 (oooh, maybe with Green highlights) and changed its name every so often...
If you can't taste the sarcasm, just smile and nod...
Disclaimer: This comment was generated by a Flock of Trained Microsoft Programmers for Aqua_Geek.