tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14344386.post115289765843862947..comments2012-02-16T06:00:32.299-05:00Comments on MacDoug: Symantec admits Zero viruses for Mac OSXDoug Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03585324787204297785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14344386.post-1153177543190224202006-07-17T19:05:00.000-04:002006-07-17T19:05:00.000-04:00Surely the current near invulnerability of OS X is...Surely the current near invulnerability of OS X is mostly a function of its small market share. There simply isn't a lot of potential for mayhem or profit by writing OS X viruses, or what-have-you. If government agencies and other large organizations heeded your call to move to OS X, I'm sure that within a fairly short span of time the online environment would become much more hostile to Macs.Ambivalent_Maybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616116549760280982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14344386.post-1152919509534684502006-07-14T19:25:00.000-04:002006-07-14T19:25:00.000-04:00I think security is basically a trade off. For a l...I think security is basically a trade off. For a long time, Microsoft sacrificed security for improved time-to-market, but they're certainly having to make a huge investment after the fact. <BR/><BR/>I don't think XP/Vista or OS/X is the last word in all this though. I agree that OS/X beats XP hands-down on security right now, but either one would lose to a completely new OS that made security a Dr. Tobias Funkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208025696085747281noreply@blogger.com