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Finger Pointing Over iPod Windows Virus
rs232 writes sent us some choice quotes in the finger pointing over the iPod's that recently shipped with a virus on them. "It's not a matter of which platform the virus originated [on]. The fact that it's found on the portable player means that there's an issue with how the quality checks, specifically the content check, was done," Poon wrote in a blog entry. and "Steve, if you need someone to advise on how to improve your quality checks, feel free to contact me 8)."
'' Uh, yeah. Apple somehow let their product get shipped out with a virus on it, and it's Microsoft's fault, because their software is the what the virus targets? As much as I dislike Microsoft and Windows, it's not their fault that someone planted a virus on iPods, and it's not their responsibility to make sure the iPods are clean when shipped. ''
One point that you miss is that Microsoft is both at the start and the end of the chain. Not only is that virus targetting Windows PCs, it also was installed on the iPods because someone made the mistake to use Windows in the production chain and some Windows PC was infected with a virus to start with. If Windows was safer, this wouldn't have happened.
Of course you are absolutely right for blaming Apple to let a Windows PC anywhere near the production of their iPods. Nobody should use Windows in a critical application and has only themselves to blame for being so stupid. Apple of all companies should know that.
Oh, please. Spare me.
Are you unable to read for yourself the post from Apple yourself, pushing an agenda, or just plain fucking stupid? Apple have quite clearly stated that they are, above everything, upset at themselves for allowing this to happen.
Yes they made a jibe at MS, but frankly that's deserved. Name an equivalent virus that could have been involved that infectes OS X? One? Don't say that the smaller market share of OS X means it's not a target, viruses always affected OS 7 and 9 and they had a far smaller market than OS X. Frankly the fact that OS X has no viruses means they are far more a target than windows
Childish and uncalled for? Apple should apologise? You're a fucking twat. They have quite clearly apologised. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, but on this issue (OS susceptibility to viruses) Apple live in a fucking castle.
They dropped to the level of trojan/spyware pushers. Not a good way to send a message. That isn't funny at all, and Apple made it worse by trying to blame Microsoft.
>> If I make a product that screws up something in a typical environment that it's supposed to be in
Argh... Ok this is what is killing me. THE PRODUCT IS NOT CAUSING THE PROBLEM!!! It's a platform dependant virus, that wasn't even designed to attack the platform it is shipped on. It got onto the product from it being hooked up to a infected Windows system.
>> This isn't like an unknown flaw or something that's unforseen. Windows is what it is, and if a known shortcoming isn't worked around by your product, then your product is at fault.
Why, oh why, do you accept this? Why are you ok with Windows being what it is? It's messed up, and you're ok with that?!? That's crazy. Your admitting to problems with Windows, but yet you want the rest of the world to work around these problems? Sheesh. It's like doing web-development, but on a much larger scale.
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way to completely miss the point bozo. these ipod's got infected because some windows QA machine was infected, probably by a worker bringing something in on a usb key from home. if windows wasnt so flawed, the QA machine wouldnt have been compromised, and the ipods wouldnt have been infected. your ssh analogy is stupid, really stupid. do ipods run an ssh server? then how do you propose they'd get this worm on them? and how would it be made to propagate? you sound like a moron who saw a hollywood movie once, but have no idea what you're actually saying