Right...that's why OS X gets taken out every time first time at the pwn to own. I know actual results and facts and stuff confudle you, but keep trying.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:00 AM, TPiwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:41 PM, mike wrote: > >> Too true. Marketshare in itself does not imply security or lack of. But >> logic does seem to dictate that those who go after the insecure OS's go >> after the one with larger marketshare since they don't seem to go after >> the >> one with smaller marketshare which has been proven to be no more secure. >> As >> has been said time and time again, OS X is security by obscurity, not by >> design. But the end result for the user is more security just the same. >> > > 1) Why go for the unlikely explanation and tortuous logic when there is a > direct and simple explanation? > > People find potential problems in all operating systems and manufacturers > issue patches all the time. Potential is not actual. If you can't tell the > difference you are living in fantasy land. Meanwhile, Windows gets > compromised all the time and there are hundreds of real exploits in the > wild. As I mentioned earlier, the "I Love You" virus was huge and it was > written by a student taking his first programming course. It takes not > genius to do this. Windows is exploited a lot because it is so easy. > > 2) You do your cause no credit by spouting untruths. > > Much of the Mac OS is open source UNIX. Apple's browser, Safari, is > open-source WebKit. Apache is open source. MySQL is open source. Etc. Etc. > Macs come loaded with open source software. It is not "security by > obscurity" it is security by good engineering. > > I was just reading in Politico about the con/neocon "birthers" and I could > not help making the connection with the false debating tactics and > obfuscations the WFBs spread in this List. Politico called it "no-nothing > evasion" and "seeking shelter... behind rhetorical figments." I could not > have said it better. > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
