Windows woes

[Anders F Björklund]

Fredrik Olsson wrote:

>> One is the lack of open source, or choosing your own hardware.
>> Another is the recent number of security issues, on Mac OS X ?
>>
> Lack of open source I would not agree on, pretty close to all major open 
> source projects out there works on OS X as well.

I meant for the operating system itself... That *other* projects work
on it is not really a major feature of OS X, but it is rather useful ?
(I still miss a few of the major ones on Mac OS X... Like GTK+ 2.x ?)
A few the core components are still open source, but far from the most.

> The hardware and price I agree on, mostly because I chose Mac not for 
> the hardware but purely the software :/.

I am actually rather happy with the older Apple hardware I have owned.

> As for the security issues I have a feeling that the press have blown it 
> out of proportions. With not a single virus in the wild for five years, 
> the first one is big news. But comparing that to the thousands available 
> for "other operating systems" is not quite fair :).

No, but Apple could *quickly* have a scenario just like Microsoft's...

> I find that OS X positions itself in the middle; easy enough to get the 
> what ever the daily routine puts in front of me, and hard core enough to 
>  do the tweaking when I like to.

I changed my dual-boot Mac OS 9 and Linux into a Mac OS X workstation,
which has worked pretty good. But now I am thinking about changing back.

> I think most peoples trouble with OS X and "not unix enough" is that 
> they are familiar with Linux, and OS X have more BSD roots.

Many people that were used to NextStep and OpenStep also had problems 
with that OS X is not Unix enough. They don't understand the Mac side.


I don't think the threat for Mac OS X users is less than any other OS.
And unless it is taken seriously, it could lead to some serious grief.

--anders