[X Newbies] Apple and all of these viruses?

[Randy B. Singer]

FF said:

>Shouldn't someone in Apple start putting out NICE articles in 
>newspapers and on TV all across this fine country of ours, on how Mac's 
>aren't an issue with these viruses. It would seem to be a great way to 
>get people to switch over?


I think that Apple's advertising folks have resisted this idea for the 
same reason that they don't advertise an Airline's safety record...One 
well-publicized crash (or, in the case of the Macintosh, one nasty virus) 
and that company would be devistated perceptually in the minds of 
customers.

Though there are currently no OS X-specific viruses, I've spoken with 
some Macintosh programmers that I respect, and they seem to feel that 
writing one would be trivially easy for someone with the ability to 
program for the Mac.  It is probably only a matter of time before we see 
one.  In fact, it is amazing that OS X has gone this long without any 
viruses.

Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

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