this is Slashdot where you are preaching to a crowd that can't hear - because everyone else is screaming "I run {fill in 1337 OS here} and it is so much better than your crappy {fill in non 1337 OS here} at the top of their lungs.
I think that's the motto here.
...and as soon as everyone uses ONE OS, and the world has turned inside out, the argument will turn to the fact that it's a monopoly and now we need alternate OS's, and the whole problem reinvents itself... And there will still be hackers providing the fear of the unknown.
I think anyone even discussing this on the OS level is missing the point. Viruses are written for the masses, so if a switch to any other OS by "the masses" ever happens the viruses, malware, etc. will simply follow suit.
The 'which OS is better' argument is so old, please, it's like trying to compare a ford taurus, a BMW and a UniMog... they're all different and have different audiences.
Specifically, as in this case, whenever I hear the "I have a Mac so I'm better" argument it looks and sounds like someone pulling up next to someone waiting for the bus and telling them how much riding the bus sucks while you're revving your porsche.
"Most users are lazy, and they don't want to learn how to use new interfaces."
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I think that's the motto here.
...and as soon as everyone uses ONE OS, and the world has turned inside out, the argument will turn to the fact that it's a monopoly and now we need alternate OS's, and the whole problem reinvents itself... And there will still be hackers providing the fear of the unknown.