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   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system   
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   From: nunya@busyness.info   
      
   Derek Currie wrote   
   (in article   
   ):   
      
      
   [snip a lot of relatively pointless algebra]   
      
   > Readers: feel absolutely free to quote my calculations in any posts you   
   > make. It is publicly available data, and anyone trained in algebra can   
   > make the calculation if they WANT to. Obviously winTrolls want to avoid   
   > this statistic at all costs in pursuit of the agenda of lies, ignorance   
   > and FUD.   
      
   Except all of that work is of little value.   
      
   > CONCLUSION: No matter what factors you consider, Windows has   
   > dramatically more malware on a PER USER BASIS than Mac OS X.   
      
   And the problem with all of that is that you make the assumption   
   that malware is a factor due to a linear ratio as the number of   
   users increases.  I haven't seen any evidence to suggest that   
   'per capita' numbers for something like this provides any useful   
   information whatsoever.   
      
   The real truth is that malware is essentially nonexistent, yet   
   not impossible under OS X, regardless of the reasons.  Nothing   
   could be further from the truth for Windows.   
      
   > This means that Mac OS X is remarkably more secure, in this case   
   > regarding malware, than Windows.   
      
   That is true, regardless of the number of users.  A platform's   
   security is either there or not there, even if only one person   
   uses it.   
      
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   Lefty   
   All of God's creatures have a place..........   
   .........right next to the potatoes and gravy.   
   See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif   
      
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