Re: [lro] bad stuff

From: Bob and Sue B (bobnsueb@saber.net)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 09:55:52 EST

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    Just to add to this,
    When a mac user dials home in Cupertino,Ca to get help, the call is
    answered by a bigger IBM computer.

    Bob B
    (retired IBM service)

    At 06:54 AM 2/6/2004 +0000, you wrote:

    >I think you'll find that quite a few people would notice. For a start,
    >Microsoft do all of their product development on Macs - they then run
    >it through a compiler and publish it as PC code (I felt really superior
    >when I was told this about 10 years ago). You will also miss all your
    >big-budget special-effects movies - most of those are developed on
    >Macs. AND I think you'll find that the Unix-based OS X is extremely
    >resilient to virii, part of the reason supercomputers rarely go down
    >with them and part of the reason Apple switched to it.
    >
    >Craig :-)
    >
    >
    >On Friday, Feb 6, 2004, at 02:04 Europe/London, Jeremy Brooks wrote:
    >
    >>
    >>HI Guys,
    >>
    >>Macs are not immune from virus attacks - there is no inherent
    >>superiority in the mac architecture in this regard. Fact is less than
    >>10% of computers on the planet are mac based - if all of them crashed
    >>at the same time due to a virus, nobody would even notice! Virus
    >>programmers want more action than that !
    >>
    >>Jeremy
    >>
    >>
    >>From: "Todd Vess" <toddvess@comcast.net>
    >>Reply-To: the Land Rover Owner Mailing List <lro@koan.team.net>
    >>To: "the Land Rover Owner Mailing List" <lro@koan.team.net>
    >>Subject: RE: [lro] bad stuff
    >>Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:45:25 -0700
    >>
    >>
    >>Jim: You're the second person I've met this year who "saves" viruses
    >>on his
    >>computer. One of our volunteer firefighters, who is also our tech
    >>support
    >>guy, collects them on his Mac. I'd never even paid attention to viruses
    >>until two years ago when I switched from working at a newspaper that
    >>was all
    >>Mac-based to our PC-based system at the fire dept. We spend more bloody
    >>money on virus software. . .
    >>
    >>Cheers,
    >>
    >>Todd Vess
    >>Windsor, Colorado
    >>1972 Land Rover SIII 109" 5-door "Effie"
    >>1972 Land Rover SIII 88" Wagon "Ursula"
    >>1967 Morris Mini Cooper "Chloe"
    >>2000 Ford Excursion "The Black Pearl"
    >>1971 Piaggio Ciao Moped "Pedelia" A frightful mess
    >>
    >>
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net
    >>[mailto:lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net]On Behalf Of
    >>jimfoo
    >>Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:57 PM
    >>To: the Land Rover Owner Mailing List
    >>Subject: Re: [lro] bad stuff
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>Not job security from me. Never had an anti-virus program. I just pay
    >>attention to my e-mail, and don't use IE or Outlook. In fact for some
    >>reason, I decided to save the different viruses I recieve, sort of a
    >>collection I guess. And no, my computer has never been infected.
    >>
    >>trevor_easton@dofasco.ca wrote:
    >> >
    >> >
    >>----------------------------------------------------------------------- -
    >>------------------
    >> > definition of wasted genius: the b*st*rds who spend their time
    >>inventing
    >> > viruses.
    >> >
    >> > Best Cheers
    >> >
    >> > Frank
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > But isn't it the bastards from Norton, McAfee et al, who create
    >>these for
    >>job security?
    >> >
    >> > Sure come up with fixes fast don't they.
    >>
    >>--
    >>Jim Hall
    >>1966 88" Elephant Chaser
    >>1987 RR Classic
    >>http://webs.purplemountain.net/jimfoo/Foospage.htm
    >>"You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling
    >>with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
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