Posted by wayne on 07/14/07 00:42

andrew wrote:
> On 2007-07-13, Tim Streater <timstreater@waitrose.com> wrote:
>> In article <5fq7v3F3demmdU1@mid.individual.net>,
>
> [...]
>
>>> BTW, I think Mac is the clumsiest box I ever had to work with. I don't
>>> get the zeal some people have for them at all.
>> Oh really? Funny, I do all my web development on one. having said that,
>> though, the Win version of Eudora is much the better so at work I keep
>> an XP lappy just for that.
>>
>> And the Mac is not clumsy, either. I lost count of the number of times
>> under XP where it won't let me move a file, just because it's open. On
>> the Mac, you move a file elsewhere on a volume, the apps simply adjust
>> to the new reality. That's the OS working for me instead of the other
>> way around.
>
> Perhaps Mac users should form an uneasy alliance with Linux users in
> this malaware / virus debate :-) Somebody once said 'the enemy of my
> enemy is my friend'. I just hope I am not quoting that Mario Puzo
> novel ...
>
> Andrew
>

Seems like a logical conclusion to me, especially since both Mac OS and
linux are *nix. The earlier post about 0 known viruses for Mac also
applies to linux.

Seems *nix programmers are more careful about security the some
proprietary companies.

--
Wayne
www.glenmeadows.us
"Faith means not wanting to know what is true." [Nietzsche]

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