From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: A geeky question Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:30:34 -0400 Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:24 PM Subject: [WSFA] Re: A geeky question > >StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 08/19/03 12:10PM > > One factor is that Microsoft is a bigger target since so many > >operating systems are Microsoft products. And, for Microsoft bashers, a > >more emotionally satisfying target. > > Well yes. > The question is more about the folks with non-Microsoft operating system = > [fill in the blank] who crow about their non-virus, non-worm attacked = > software. > > Are they nominally invulnerable because no one cares about molesting their = > OS? Basically, yes. The majority of them have Apples; the rest run Linux or something else on PCs. But *every* business (!) uses Microsoft. As does the government. Apples are mostly used by artists and geeks. --Ted White