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Old 06-01-2010, 11:57 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Mike F View Post
Article in PCMag discussing this:
Any article suggesting that OS X is "at least as vulnerable" as the XP system they described is highly dubious.

It would take a lot of work to make it that insecure.

But...
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New hires are now given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.”
From original article.

Microsoft is closed, so they don't feel good about it. But OS X is better!
Sure...

Most web oriented developers are moving to OS X anyways (if not Linux) unless they work on the Microsoft stack. It's just easier to develop LAMP applications on *NIX.
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