By that same token, Windows was responsible for commoditizing the hardware by keeping the OEMs in competition with each other, leading to free fall of computer prices and thus putting a computer on almost every desktop and in most laps around the world. Even Apple moved to the x86 platform to take advantage of the scale and prices.
If you think Apple hardware is overpriced now, imagine if they didn't have any competition from Sony, Dell, HP, Acer, etc.
>She highlighted a fake document titled “Draft US-China Joint Statement” that was circulated among people with e-mail accounts at the State Department, the Defense Department, the Defense Intelligence Agency and Gmail. Clicking to download the document directed users instead to a fake Gmail log-in page that captured their passwords.
So that attack wouldn't have worked if the user was on an iPad or Droid or a Macbook Air or running the most hardened Linux computer. Right?
Zero days have been found in every browser/OS combo around. It's hard to see how OS X would fare better in a very targeted attack as Safari/OS X is usually one of the first to fall in PWN2OWN where the reward is a Macbook (not a win in a World War).
Stop getting your news only from places like Boyocott Novell, Groklaw,Slashdot, HN and the comments there. It warps your mind.
You are correct that Windows was responsible for the commoditization of computing. You are also correct that many hacks occurred through means other than unpatched Windows machines. Neither of those truths changes the fact that Windows XP has been and continues to be a serious issue for national and corporate security.
Almost every computer in China runs a pirated version of XP that can not be patched and is vulnerable and likely infected with some sort of botnet software. Many corporations and agencies in the US have been compromised in this way as well.
If you think Apple hardware is overpriced now, imagine if they didn't have any competition from Sony, Dell, HP, Acer, etc.
Back to your argument. Lets see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/technology/02google.html?p...
>She highlighted a fake document titled “Draft US-China Joint Statement” that was circulated among people with e-mail accounts at the State Department, the Defense Department, the Defense Intelligence Agency and Gmail. Clicking to download the document directed users instead to a fake Gmail log-in page that captured their passwords.
So that attack wouldn't have worked if the user was on an iPad or Droid or a Macbook Air or running the most hardened Linux computer. Right?
Zero days have been found in every browser/OS combo around. It's hard to see how OS X would fare better in a very targeted attack as Safari/OS X is usually one of the first to fall in PWN2OWN where the reward is a Macbook (not a win in a World War).
Stop getting your news only from places like Boyocott Novell, Groklaw,Slashdot, HN and the comments there. It warps your mind.