XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: notthisbitsavage@tamperelainen.org   
      
   Scott.R.Lemke@gmail.com said the following on 13/06/2006 11:43 pm:   
   > Derek Currie wrote:   
   >> Below are a few personal thoughts, for whatever they are worth:   
   >>   
   >>    1) Windows is really is a far less secure operating system than Mac.   
   >>   
   >>    2) Windows users hate their OS far more than Mac users, leading to   
   >> revenge by way of malware.   
   >>   
   >>    3) There is a more malicious culture of cracking among Windows users,   
   >> possibly related to #2.   
   >>   
   >>    4) There are a lot better tools and much better documentation about   
   >> how to crack Windows than there is for Mac.   
   >>   
   >>    5) The ability to crack Windows is much easier than Mac, allowing   
   >> less sophisticated crackers, such as 'script kiddies' to join in on   
   >> malware creation and evolution.   
   >   
   >   
   > 6) The rewards for breaking into OSx systems have not yet reached   
   > critical mass to warrant the effort, even if that effort is less than   
   > what is currently expended to break Windows. Malware serves a purpose,   
   > and it is not to extend the epeens of the developers. It is to make   
   > money, either semi-legally or illegally, for the developers. So, the   
   > focus of malware developers will ALWAYS be on the largest market share,   
   > because that is where the most money is to be made.   
      
   Sweeping statements. ALWAYS about making money? A lot of the viruses   
   I've read about had no way of making money for their creators (unless   
   they were anti-virus vendors...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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