[LINK] Rampaging bugbear

Adam Todd at@ah.net
Sun, 06 Oct 2002 21:25:11 +1000


> > I wasn't aware there were any (if) Mac Viruses at all?  Perhaps OSX might
> > have some susceptibility due to it's Linux base?  But even that is highly
> > minimal in most cases.
>
>OSX is based on BSD.

OK, at any rate a good stable and strong Nix.

>linux worms like slapper won't affect it as it looks for specific OS versions
>and hardware platforms.  Not to say a cross platform worm is not a big
>possibility.

Cross Platform worms are definitely on their way <sigh>

> > The Mac's can be quite playful thought too.  Don't they accept standard 
> PCI?
>
>It's not the hardware.  It is getting the vendors to write the drivers.

As with any platform beyond Windows.

>Mostly there is support for the Mac these days.

I suspected as much.  I'm not a big Mac person yet, but my Dual G4's are 
coming.



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